U.S. Supreme Court issues Opinion on Appeal in FEC v. Ted Cruz for Senate, et al. | site |
Information contained in Federal Election Commission (FEC) press release dated: May 16, 2022
Washington - - The U.S. Supreme Court today issued an Opinion in Federal Election Commission v. Ted Cruz for Senate, et al. (Case No. 21-12).
On April 1, 2019, Ted Cruz for Senate and Senator Cruz filed suit against the Commission alleging that the limit on repayment of candidate loans at 52 U.S.C. § 30116(j) violates the First Amendment to the Constitution. A three-judge panel of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia concurred, and the Supreme Court affirmed that ruling.
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