National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Comm’n · ¶91

To uphold the political-party coordinated-expenditure limits here could therefore help consign political parties to continued second-tier status as compared to outside groups. Weakened political parties distort the political system. And in the views of many, the relatively diminished political parties have ushered in increased political polarization and fragmentation. For that reason, many who generally support campaign finance restrictions have called for elimination of the political-party coordinated-expenditure limits. See R. Pildes & B. Bauer, Election Law Blog: The Supreme Court, the Political Parties, and the SuperPacs (June 24, 2025) (“[E]ven many in the political reform community support an end to the limits” on political-party coordinated expenditures).

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