Supreme Court Strikes Down Federal Limits on Coordinated Party Spending: What NRSC v. FEC Means for State Law

Short summary

The U.S. Supreme Court struck down federal limits on coordinated party spending in NRSC v. FEC, ruling they violate the First Amendment. The decision invalidates only the separate coordinated-expenditure ceiling under 52 U.S.C. § 30116(d), leaving base contribution limits intact. The article provides a three-tier framework for assessing how this ruling may affect state-level party spending restrictions across 23 states plus D.C.

• •Supreme Court invalidated federal party coordinated-expenditure limits as unconstitutional under the First Amendment
• •Base contribution limits and disclosure requirements remain unaffected
• •Article categorizes state laws into three tiers based on their vulnerability to NRSC's reasoning

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