SCOTUS lifts political spending limits

In a 6-to-3 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States lifted the limits political parties — and the entities that fund them — can spend on coordinated ad spending with candidates.

The ruling on the campaign finance case “National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission” follows the Roberts Court's 2010 “Citizen United v. Federal Election Commission” ruling, which already accelerated the amount of so-called “dark money” funding U.S. election campaign advertising.

The new ruling is expected to pour even more money from wealthy donors and special-interest groups into the political media-buying marketplace.

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