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By Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
The end of June brings thunderstorms, fireworks and Supreme Court rulings.
And one still outstanding case could have major implications for how much political party committees can coordinate with candidates, potentially opening up a new front for political advertisements. The outcome of the case, NRSC v. FEC, could change how political parties coordinate with individual campaigns and could lessen the need for party committees to make independent expenditures on behalf of candidates.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee, JD Vance, then a Senate candidate from Ohio, and former Ohio Rep. Steve Chabot first brought the case, contending that the restrictions blocking party committees from spending alongside candidates violated the committees’ free speech rights to support their chosen candidates.
