National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Comm’n · ¶39

But the question of which test to apply here is ultimately academic. Regardless of “whether we apply strict scrutiny or Buckley’s ‘closely drawn’ test, we must assess” (i) the Government’s asserted interests in imposing the limits at issue and (ii) the fit between the limits and the Government’s asserted interests. McCutcheon, 572 U. S., at 199; see also Cruz, 596 U. S., at 305. And because, as we will explain, the political-party coordinated-expenditure limits fail to satisfy even the closely drawn test, we need not dwell on any subtle differences between the two tests.

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