Federal Election Comm’n v. Ted Cruz

Decided May 16, 2022. John Glover Roberts Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 21-12 · 596 U.S. 289 (2022) · Cited 0 times

Holding

Section 304 of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002—which limits the amount of post-election contributions that may be used to repay a candidate who lends money to his own campaign—unconstitutionally burdens core political speech.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).

Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• McCutcheon v. Federal Election Comm'n · 572 U.S. 185 (2014)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)
• Nixon v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC · 528 U.S. 377 (2000)
• Davis v. Federal Election Commission · 554 U.S. 724 (2008)
• Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · 504 U.S. 555 (1992)
• Clapper v. Amnesty International USA · 568 U.S. 398 (2013)
• Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee v. Federal Election Commission · 518 U.S. 604 (1996)
• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission · 558 U.S. 310 (2010)
• Randall v. Sorrell · 548 U.S. 230 (2006)
• Pennsylvania v. New Jersey · 426 U.S. 660 (1976)
• Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. · 551 U.S. 449 (2007)
• Sable Communications of California, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 492 U.S. 115 (1989)
• Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 520 U.S. 180 (1997)
• Federal Election Commission v. National Conservative Political Action Committee · 470 U.S. 480 (1985)
• Evers v. Dwyer · 358 U.S. 202 (1958)
• Warth v. Seldin · 422 U.S. 490 (1975)
• DaimlerChrysler Corp. v. Cuno · 547 U.S. 332 (2006)
• Havens Realty Corp. v. Coleman · 455 U.S. 363 (1982)
• Food & Drug Administration v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. · 529 U.S. 120 (2000)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
• Louisiana Pub. Serv. Comm'n v. FCC · 476 U.S. 355 (1986)
• McConnell v. Federal Election Commission · 540 U.S. 93 (2003)
• Monitor Patriot Co. v. Roy · 401 U.S. 265 (1971)
• Czyzewski v. Jevic Holding Corp. · 580 U.S. 451 (2017)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (2022). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-08-15. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).