Dems Vow To Fight 'tooth And Nail' As Supreme Court Takes Up Campaign Finance Case

Senior Democratic Party officials vowed Monday to "fight bony and nail" to support successful spot national run spending limits up for Supreme Court reappraisal this autumn — describing nan GOP-led effort to repeal nan limits arsenic unprecedented and vulnerable up of nan 2026 midterm elections.

The Supreme Court connected Monday agreed to reappraisal nan case, National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission, taking up a situation revenge by nan National Republican Senatorial Committee, nan National Republican Congressional Committee, and connected behalf of 2 Senate Republican candidates, including now-Vice President JD Vance, pursuing nan 2022 elections.

In a connection Monday, nan Democratic run groups vowed to conflict backmost against what they characterized as the GOP’s effort to "sow chaos and fundamentally upend our run finance system, which would return america to nan pre-Watergate era of run finance."

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Newly elected DNC chair Ken Martin speaks astatine a DNC gathering successful Maryland successful Feb. 2025. DNC officials said Monday they will reason GOP-led efforts to region run finance restrictions successful a lawsuit being reviewed by nan Supreme Court this fall.  (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

At rumor are national spending limits that restrict nan magnitude of money governmental parties tin walk connected behalf of definite candidates — and which Republicans reason tally afoul of free reside protections nether nan First Amendment of nan Constitution.

A determination from nan Supreme Court’s 6-3 blimpish mostly could person awesome implications connected run spending successful nan U.S., further eroding nan Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, a rule Congress passed much than 50 years agone pinch nan purpose of restricting nan magnitude of money that tin beryllium spent connected behalf of candidates.

That law, and consequent amendments, restricts nan magnitude of money that governmental parties tin chimney into definite campaigns.

Senior Democratic Party officials described nan GOP-led effort Monday arsenic nan latest effort by Republicans to claw backmost run spending limits and erode immoderate 50 years of national predetermination law.

"Republicans cognize their grassroots support is drying up crossed nan country, and they want to drown retired nan will of nan voters," DCCC chair Suzan DelBene, DSCC chair Kirsten Gillibrand, and DNC chair Ken Martin said successful a associated connection Monday. 

Vice President JD Vance, speaks astatine nan Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, astatine Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, successful Oxon Hill, Md.  (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo)

The lawsuit is almost definite to beryllium 1 of nan astir high-profile cases heard by nan Supreme Court this fall.

Adding to nan play is nan engagement of nan Trump-led Justice Department, which said successful May that it planned to broadside with the NRSC in nan lawsuit — putting nan Trump management successful nan somewhat different position of arguing against a rule passed by Congress.

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Justice Department officials cited free reside protections arsenic its ground for siding pinch nan NRSC, which they said represents "the uncommon lawsuit that warrants an objection to that wide approach" of backing national laws." 

Meanwhile, nan Democratic groups sought to spell connected discourtesy pinch their message, describing nan GOP efforts arsenic nan latest loop of a decades-long effort to "rewrite" predetermination laws successful ways that use nan party. They cited different Republican-led situation to run spending limits brought much than 20 years ago, successful Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee v. FEC. 

That situation was yet rejected by nan precocious court, DNC officials noted.

"To date, those efforts person grounded astatine each turn, ensuring a stable, predictable run finance building for statement committees and governmental candidates crossed nan country," DNC officials said. 

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Meanwhile, Republican officials praised nan Supreme Court’s determination to return up nan case, which they described arsenic helping nan GOP guarantee they are successful "the strongest imaginable position" up of nan 2026 midterms and beyond."

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"The authorities should not restrict a statement committee’s support for its ain candidates," Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., and Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C. who chair nan NRSC and NRCC, respectively, said Monday.

"These coordinated expenditure limits break nan First Amendment, and we admit nan court’s determination to perceive our case," they added.