The U.S. Supreme Court will consider a First Amendment challenge to a campaign finance law that restricts repayment of candidates’ personal loans to their campaigns.
The high court will hear a case brought by Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and his Senate campaign, report Reuters, the Washington Post, SCOTUSblog, Courthouse News Service and Law.com. The court agreed to hear the case Sept. 30.
The restriction is part of the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act. It imposes a $250,000 limit on the amount of donations collected after an election that campaigns can use to repay candidates’ loans to their campaigns.
