WASHINGTON — Conservatives have bristled for decades at campaign spending caps. On Wednesday morning, the Supreme Court took up Sen. Ted Cruz’s effort to overturn a $250,000 limit on how much a candidate can recoup from post-election donations to repay personal loans.
The cap is meant to avert corruption, but Cruz contends that if donors can pay off a candidate’s loan to his own campaign before Election Day, they should be able to do so after they win, too.
It’s a fight the Texas Republican spent $10,000 to pick, out of his own pocket.
