SCOTUS holds that federal coordinated party expenditure campaign-finance limits violate the First Amendment [View all]

BREAKING: The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 ruling, holds that federal coordinated party expenditure campaign-finance limits violate the First Amendment. Kavanaugh has the opinion for the court. Kagan has the dissent, joined by Sotomayor and Jackson. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) 2026-06-30T14:26:17.878Z

Goddamn it. Kavanaugh also has the campaign finance case. 6-3, spending limits on dark money violate the First Amendment.

Peter Theil's boy comes through for him, throwing WIDE the gates on the billionaire class buying elections.

— ElieNYC (@elienyc.bsky.social) 2026-06-30T14:26:25.377Z

Between this and the bribery case a couple of years ago, they've really decided to let Kavanugh be the point person on *allowing billionaires to buy politics* and *unvarnsihed public corruption.*

— ElieNYC (@elienyc.bsky.social) 2026-06-30T14:27:53.003Z

The Supreme Court's second opinion is NRSC v. FEC. By a 6–3 vote, the court guts another campaign finance statute and overturns a 2001 precedent that upheld restrictions on political parties' coordinated expenditures with candidates. The three liberals dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjsdc.bsky.social) 2026-06-30T14:25:58.527Z

The supermajority's decision in NRSC allows wealthy donors to circumvent limits on contributions to individual candidates by donating much larger sums to political parties, which can now spend the money in direct coordination with specific candidates. An open invitation for quid pro quo corruption.

— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjsdc.bsky.social) 2026-06-30T14:27:58.261Z

Second (but *not* last) #SCOTUS ruling is in the campaign finance case.

Usual 6-3 majority, per Justice Kavanaugh, holds that federal statutory limits on coordinated campaign expenditures by political parties violate the First Amendment:

www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

— Steve Vladeck (@stevevladeck.bsky.social) 2026-06-30T14:25:19.555Z