What did the Supreme Court rule in its 1976 Buckley v. Valeo decision?
a) Congress may restrict individual contributions to candidates other than from themselves, but candidate spending cannot be restricted. b) Congress can restrict contributions to and campaign spending by candidates for any federal office, except that a person can contribute to his or her own campaign. c) Congress may not restrict donations that expressly advocate the election or defeat of a specific candidate. d) Congress may place no restriction on the amount or nature of donations to privately funded campaigns.
A
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