The United States Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear the case that opens the door to the final destruction of the campaign finance laws that place a limit on how much money an individual can contribute directly to a federal candidate or national political party.<\/p>\n
Now that the infamous Citizens United case, decided in 2010, has removed limits on how much a corporation, union and individual can contribute to groups that are \u2018unaffiliated\u2019 with candidates and political parties\u2014leading to the creation and domination of the Super PAC\u2014the Court, by agreeing to hear yet another challenge to campaign finance laws, is poised to take the next step toward finishing off all campaign limits by freeing individuals to give candidates and their political parties unlimited sums of money.<\/p>\n
As the law currently stand for calendar years 2013-14, individual donors are limited to giving contributions to candidates for federal offices up to a maximum of $123,200 during an election cycle (two years) with a limit of $2,600 to an individual candidate, $32,400 to a national political party, $10,000 to a state political party and $5,000 to any other political committee affiliated with a candidate or political party.<\/p>\n
However, an Alabama political donor\u2014joined by the Republican National Committee\u2014believes that the limitation of $123,200 placed on an individual donor during an election cycle is \u2018unconstitutionally low\u2019 and want the highest court in the land to remove the cap.<\/p>\n