National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Comm’n · ¶96

First, debates over the First Amendment and campaign finance have arisen often over the last 50 years. We recognize that at least two of the dissenters have not agreed with some of the Court’s decisions in that area. See, e.g., Federal Election Comm’n v. Ted Cruz for Senate, 596 U. S. 289, 314 (2022) (KAGAN, J., dissenting); McCutcheon v. Federal Election Comm’n, 572 U. S. 185, 232 (2014) (Breyer, J., dissenting); Citizens United v. Federal Election Comm’n, 558 U. S. 310, 393 (2010) (Stevens, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part). Today, we have endeavored to follow the principles laid down in the Court’s decisions. In doing so, moreover, we have concluded that Colorado II is (in our view) an outlier that is not consistent with those precedents. See 533 U. S. 431 (2001).

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