The Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas in a case involving the use of campaign funds to repay personal campaign loans, dealing the latest blow to campaign finance regulations.
Highlights
- The Supreme Court rules in favor of Ted Cruz in a case involving the use of campaign funds to repay personal campaign loans.
- Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the 6-3 decision; Justice Elena Kagan wrote the dissent for her liberal colleagues, Justice Stephen Breyer and Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
- In her dissenting opinion, Kagan criticized the majority for ruling against a law that she said was meant to combat “a special danger of corruption” The case is the latest blow to campaign finance regulations.
- Cruz’s lawyer says the decision is a “victory for the First Amendment’s guarantee of freedom of speech in the political process,” his lawyer says.