Win for Ted Cruz as supreme court strikes campaign contribution limit
by Martin Pengelly in New York from on (#5ZB81)
Conservative majority rules in favor of rightwing Texas senator but Elena Kagan warns quid pro quo corruption' the likely result
The six conservatives who dominate the US supreme court ruled in favour of the hard-right Texas senator Ted Cruz in a case seeking to remove limits on campaign finance spending, in a ruling that one dissenting justice said would open the door to quid pro quo corruption".
In Federal Election Commission v Ted Cruz for Senate, the Republican senator challenged limits on the use of post-election contributions to pay back loans by candidates to their own campaigns.
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