National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Comm’n · ¶8

Applying the First Amendment, this Court has long ruled that a political party possesses a right to make unlimited independent expenditures during a campaign—that is, expenditures without coordinating with a candidate. See Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Comm. v. Federal Election Comm’n, 518 U. S. 604, 613–616, 618 (1996) (Colorado I) (controlling opinion of Breyer, J.).

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