Legal Opinion
Federal Election Commission v. Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 25, 2001No. 00-191PublishedCited by 206 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Souter
In Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Comm. v. Federal Election Comm’n, 518 U. S. 604 (1996) (Colorado I), we held that spending limits set by the Federal Election Campaign Act were unconstitutional as applied to the Colorado Republican Party’s independent expenditures in connection with a senatorial campaign. We remanded for consideration of the party’s claim that all limits on expenditures by a political party in connection with congressional campaigns are facially unconstitutional and thus unenforceable even as to spending coordinated with a candidate. Today we reject that facial…
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