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Supreme Court Strikes Down Aggregate Campaign Contribution Limits in McCutcheon v. FEC

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Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that aggregate limits on total contributions an individual can make to federal candidates, parties, and PACs over a two-year election cycle violate the First Amendment. Chief Justice Roberts authored the majority opinion, joined by Justices Scalia, Kennedy, and Alito, with …

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