Federal Election Commission v. Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee

Summary

The Court held that statutory limits on political parties’ coordinated expenditures are constitutionally permissible because such expenditures function as contributions and may facilitate circumvention of contribution limits. Applying the standard applicable to contribution limits, the Court found the restriction closely drawn to the sufficiently important interest in preventing corruption and its appearance. Justice Thomas, dissenting, would have invalidated the restriction as an excessive burden on party speech that was unsupported by adequate evidence and insufficiently tailored.