Les partisans du maintien de ce plafonnement assuraient qu’il permettait de prévenir la corruption des candidats par de gros donateurs par l’intermédiaire du parti.

At issue in the case was a post-Watergate law that Congress passed to limit the amount of money individuals can give to political parties.

The Supreme Court struck down federal limits on the amount of money a political committee can spend in coordination with federal candidates.