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Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee v. Federal Election Commission (Colorado Republican I) | 518 U.S. 604 (1996)

The federal government has tried several times to regulate political campaigns, finances, and associated communicative activities. And the Supreme Court has invalidated a number of those measures. One such pushback occurred in Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee versus Federal Election Commission, otherwise known as Colorado Republican I.

Section 441a(d)(3) of the Federal Elections Campaign Act, called the Party Expenditure Provision, limited the amount of money that political parties could spend in connection with congressional general election campaigns.

In April 1986, before the Colorado Republican Party had chosen its candidate for an open Senate seat, the party bought radio ads attacking Timothy Wirth, the presumptive Democratic nominee. The Federal Elections Commission charged the party with violating the Party Expenditure Provision. The party challenged the provision’s constitutionality.

The district court narrowly interpreted the statutory language, determined that it didn’t apply to the expenditure here, and granted summary judgment to the party. On appeal, the Tenth Circuit ruled that the provision applied and was constitutional, so it granted judgment to the commission. The Supreme Court granted cert.

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