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In 2014, the Supreme Court Struck Down Aggregate, or Combined

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In 2014, the Supreme Court struck down aggregate, or combined, limits on individual contributions to candidates for federal office on the grounds that:


A) the federal government could not clearly demonstrate that a lack of aggregate contributions would increase the possibility of public corruption.
B) spending money on behalf of candidates is a form of speech protected by the First Amendment, as held in Buckley v.Valeo.
C) the reasoning for the limits was deemed to be overly broad, and thus a violation of First Amendment speech rights.
D) the reasoning for the limits was deemed to lack neutrality, given that they targeted the wealthy.

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