Co-filed by then-senator J. D. Vance, a GOP-backed lawsuit aims to erode some of the last remaining limits on unfettered election spending.

Amid unprecedented levels of billionaire and corporate political spending, the US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Tuesday in a GOP-backed effort to erode some of the last remaining limits on unfettered spending on elections.

A National Republican Senatorial Committee lawsuit, co-filed by then-senator J. D. Vance (R-OH), is asking the court to eliminate limits on political parties’ coordinated spending on candidates.

Coordinated spending limits prevent large-dollar donors from circumventing individual contribution maximums by giving to party committees, which then distribute funds to candidates. In 2001, the Supreme Court ruled against a Re

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