Win for Ted Cruz as supreme court strikes campaign contribution limit

In Federal Election Commission v Ted Cruz for Senate, the Republican senator challenged limits on the use of post-election contributions to pay back loans by candidates to their own campaigns.

Observers argued that Cruz deliberately overspent by a small amount in order to sue to overturn the law and therefore be allowed to recoup a much larger amount, $545,000, than he never recovered after loaning his 2012 campaign more than a million dollars.

Critics say Roberts has led a court determined to remove all limits on money in politics, thereby corrupting the American political process itself.

Particularly at issue is Citizens United v Federal Elections Commission, a 2010 ruling which said private entities have the same free speech rights as individuals and therefore should not face limits on campaign donations. Roberts explicitly referred to the case in his decision.