Inside the Campaign to Dismantle the Last Remaining Limits on Campaign Spending

"The Trump Justice Department is reversing the federal government's Supreme Court defense of longstanding campaign finance laws and is now urging justices to strike down some of the last remaining limits on election spending. To defend the law in the upcoming case - which was initially brought by Republicans including now-Vice President JD Vance - the court has appointed a former law clerk who worked for Justices Brett Kavanaugh and John Roberts."

"Also lining up behind the case are a constellation of powerful conservative groups and U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who are pressing the justices to build on Citizens United and use this narrow and technical legal matter as an opportunity to eliminate what is left of America's campaign finance restrictions. "People don't like how concentrated political money has become," said Daniel Weiner, who tracks money and elections at the Brennan Center for Justice."

The Justice Department reversed its Supreme Court defense and urged the court to invalidate remaining campaign finance limits, seeking to expand deregulation of political spending. The court appointed a former law clerk to defend the law; that attorney previously argued against expansive anti‑bribery enforcement while representing a major business lobbying group now challenging the campaign finance rule. Conservatives, powerful groups, and House Speaker Mike Johnson are pushing the justices to build on Citizens United and remove additional restrictions. The case, National Republican Senatorial Committee v. FEC, was initially brought by Republicans including JD Vance and could enable more corporate spending and untraceable dark money.

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