WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is considering a Republican-led drive, backed by President Donald Trump’s administration, to overturn a quarter-century-old decision and erase limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates for Congress and president.
A day after the justices indicated they would overturn a 90-year-old decision limiting the president’s power to fire independent agency heads, the court on Tuesday is revisiting a 2001 decision that upheld a provision of federal election law that is more than 50 years old.
Democrats are calling on the court to uphold the law.
The limits stem from a desire to prevent large donors from skirting caps on individual contributions to a candidate by directing unlimited sums to the party, with the understanding that the money will be spent on behalf of the candidate.
Since nobody polices the relationship between candidates, parties, and super PACs I feel like this law is already just pure symbolism. The fact that Trump and Steve Chabot are involved makes me think there’s something sinister hidden in this, probably just makes the grafting more straightforward.
Agreed, 100%.
But that’s the story of the Donald presidency. He’s just outwardly doing everything that was already occurring in the shadows.