Although the Supreme Court ruled in Buckley v. Valeo that campaign expenditures are akin to free speech and are protected by the First Amendment, the court upheld the limits on how much an individual or group can contribute to a candidate.

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In Buckley v. Valeo (1976), the Supreme Court held that while campaign spending is a form of protected speech under the First Amendment, the government can impose limits on direct contributions to candidates to prevent corruption or the appearance of corruption.

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