Reuters: Politics: High court to consider campaign contribution limits

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High court to consider campaign contribution limits Feb 19th 2013, 15:09 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Egypt court rejects election law, may delay poll Mon, Feb 18 2013 Supreme Court justice denies stay in employment case Mon, Feb 4 2013 Insight: Lawyers in gay marriage cases aim pitches at Obama Sun, Jan 27 2013 Supreme Court won't hear challenge to EPA rulemaking Tue, Jan 22 2013 Analysis & Opinion Facebook IPO derivative ruling: a cure for multiforum madness? What of congressional power over voting? An election judge deals with paper work prior to early voting in Silver Spring, Maryland October 27, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Gary Cameron By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON | Tue Feb 19, 2013 10:09am EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to consider whether the statutory limits on how much individuals can give in federal campaign contributions during a two-year election cycle is unconstitutional. The Republican National Committee and donor Shaun McCutcheon sought the high court's review of the aggregate amount people can give in a two-year period, which is currently $46,200 to candidate committees and $70,800 to all other committees. The limits, designed to restrict the influence of a single individual, were originally imposed by the 1971 Federal Election Campaign Act. A three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia rejected the contention that the limits violated the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The court will decide the case sometime during its next term, which starts in October and ends in June 2014. The case is McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, U.S. Supreme Court, No. 12-536. (Reporting by Lawrence Hurley; Editing by Howard Goller and Bill Trott) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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