WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a case that could eliminate limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with federal candidates — a challenge brought by Vice President JD Vance and former Cincinnati congressman Steve Chabot that seeks to overturn restrictions that have been in place since the 1970s.

The case highlighted divisions between Democrats and Republicans over whether lifting the limits would unleash corruption or simply restore free speech rights to political parties that the plaintiffs say are undermined by campaign finance restrictions.

Vance filed the lawsuit when he was still a U.S. Senator from Ohio, along with Chabot, who lost his 2022 re-election bid to Democrat Greg Landsman. They contend the spending limits violate First

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