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Buckley v. Valeo
noun1 a 1976 Supreme Court decision that reformed an array of campaign finance restrictions passed by Congress during the Watergate era; upheld limits on contributions from individuals, on the grounds that they could corrupt the behavior of candidates, but struck down caps on expenditures by candidates and campaigns, on the grounds that they do not prevent corruption and limit speech that is protected by the First Amendment
If you don't think it's fair that billionaires like Donald Trump can run their own self-funded campaigns for president, don't blame the 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court decision. Blame the 1976 case Buckley v. Valeo instead.— The Intercept
In Buckley v. Valeo, the Supreme Court wrongly upheld expenditure limits on how much non-candidates could spend on elections, but it rightly held that wealthy individuals like Donald Trump could spend as much as they wanted to spend of their own money on election campaigns.— The Volokh Conspiracy