The Supreme Court vacated a lower court’s ruling on Alaska’s campaign finance cap on Nov. 25. The cap is $500 annually for individual contributions, and the Supreme Court suggested this is too low for Americans to exercise their First Amendment right to express a particular political viewpoint.
The Court issued its unsigned opinion summarily without conducting oral arguments in the case, cited as Thompson v. Hebdon. In the opinion, it directed the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit to “revisit whether Alaska’s contribution limits are consistent with our First Amendment precedents.”
