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Trump applauds Supreme Court for axing campaign spending limits

Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyle(Getty Images)The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, struck down federal restrictions on coordinated spending between political parties and their candidates, ruling that these limits violated First Amendment free speech protections. The court's conservative majority sided with Republican challengers, including Vice President JD Vance, who was running for the U.S. Senate in Ohio when the lawsuit was filed in 2022. President Donald Trump applauded the decision, calling it "A BIG WIN FOR REPUBLICANS" and for the First Amendment, noting its potential impact on the upcoming November midterm elections. This ruling benefits Republican committees, which currently hold a significant cash advantage over their Democratic counterparts. The three major Republican committees — the Republican National Committee, the National Republican Congressional Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee — ended May with $256 million in cash and no debt. That was more than double the roughly $126 million held by Democrats, who also carried more than $18 million in debt.The decision continues a trend of the Supreme Court, with its 6-3 conservative majority, chipping away at campaign finance laws since 2010, following other recent rulings with election implications. In fullTrump celebrates Supreme Court’s political campaign spending decision: ‘A big win for Republicans’Thank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

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