Court sides with Ted Cruz in campaign finance lawsuit

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

A federal court on Thursday sided with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in his lawsuit against the Federal Election Commission (FEC), striking down rules limiting how much money candidates can raise after an election to pay off loans.

Cruz challenged a section of election law that says campaigns cannot pay back more than $250,000 in personal loans through post-election donations. Cruz put $260,000 of his own money into his 2018 reelection campaign and sued the FEC in April 2019 as he attempted to pay off his debt.

In a 31-page ruling, a three-judge panel ruled that the repayment cap, instituted in the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, violated Cruz's free speech rights.

"Because the government has failed to demonstrate that the loan-repayment limit serves an interest in preventing quid pro quo corruption, or that the limit is sufficiently tailored to serve this purpose, the loan repayment limit runs afoul of the First Amendment," wrote D.C. Court of Appeals judge Neomi Rao, a Trump appointee.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/court-sides-with-ted-cruz-in-campaign-finance-lawsuit/ar-AAKGqlX?li=BBnb7Kz

[msfiddlestix]

1. She wouldn't know the meaning of corruption

if a dog took a crap on a silver lined plate.

I swear to Buddha our country is beyond repair.

[Fullduplexxx]

2. "Because the government has failed to demonstrate that the loan-repayment limit serves an interest i

"Because the government has failed to demonstrate that the loan-repayment limit serves an interest in preventing quid pro quo corruption, or that the limit is sufficiently tailored to serve this purpose, the loan repayment limit runs afoul of the First Amendment," wrote D.C. Court of Appeals judge Neomi Rao, a Trump appointee.

A unanimous decision

[Polybius]

3. Damn I wish I saw this yesterday

I so would have posted it in LBN.