The 1976 U.S. Supreme Court case that held that governments cannot limit a person's right to spend money in order to spread his or her particular political views in political campaigns was

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Buckley v. Valeo is the landmark case where the U.S. Supreme Court held that restrictions on individual contributions to political campaigns and candidates did not violate the First Amendment, but that governmental restriction of independent expenditures in campaigns, the spending of individuals or groups not directly affiliated with candidates or political parties, was unconstitutional. This established the principle that spending money to influence elections is a form of constitutionally protected free speech.