The Supreme Court heard two different portrayals of Sen. Ted Cruz in his campaign finance lawsuit on Wednesday: similar to a civil rights activist, or more like someone who bought hot coffee just to pour it on himself.
The oral argument focused on Cruz’s challenge to an obscure provision of a 2002 campaign finance law that he says violates the constitutional free speech rights of candidates.
The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act — also known as the McCain-Feingold law for its principal sponsors, the late Sen. John McCain and former Sen. Russ Feingold — put a $250,000 limit on candidates using campaign contributions made after the election to repay a candidate’s personal campaign loans.
