Supreme Court to Consider Campaign Donation Limits

The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to a campaign finance law that limits how much an individual can give to political campaigns. The justices today decided to hear an appeal from Shaun McCutcheon of Alabama and the Republican National Committee. They're arguing that the "aggregate limit" is unconstitutional. Said limit stopped donors from giving more than $117,000 during the 2011-2012 cycle, notes the Wall Street Journal: a max of $46,200 to federal candidates and $70,800 to political committees and PACs.

McCutcheon says he accepts that he can only give $2,500 to a single candidate but says he should be able to give that amount to as many GOP candidates as he wants. The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld the limit, but the high court decided to review that decision; they'll do so during their next term, which begins in October. (More US Supreme Court stories.)