The First Amendment Triumphs at the Supreme Court

By: American Decency Staff

In a terrific decision this morning that will no doubt cause The New York Times to go into the same type of hysterics it exhibited after the Citizens United decision, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled against the Federal Election Commission. Today’s decision in FEC v. McCutcheon restores Americans’ First Amendment rights to participate in the electoral process, as the Court threw out the aggregate limits on political contributions imposed by the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA).

In addition to the base limits that restrict how much money a donor may contribute to a particular candidate or political committee, FECA limits the total amount a donor can contribute to all candidates and committees. Currently, the maximum individual donation that can be given to a federal candidate is $2,600 per election—that limit was not at issue in this case. Rather, McCutcheon addressed the aggregate limit on the total amount of contributions that an individual can give to all candidates in the two-year federal election cycle, which is $48,600.

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