Coordinated Party Spending Caps Meet Conservative Sixth Circuit

Republicans have long sought to abolish the cap on how much political parties can spend in coordination with federal political candidates. And while the issue will go in front of appeals judges Wednesday, they ultimately have their sights set on the nation’s highest court.

The full US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit will hear oral arguments in Cincinnati on whether to lift the limits on “coordinated party expenditures” on free-speech grounds. Republicans argue that a lot has changed since 2001, when a divided Supreme Court ruled that the limits should remain.

The court’s decision could, to hear the ...