Several U.S. Supreme Court justices expressed skepticism about Vermont's limits on campaign contributions and spending, the strictest in the nation. The justices heard a free-speech challenge to a 1997 Vermont law that limits contributions to as little as $200 per election cycle for each candidate, and caps spending as low as $2,000 for state representative candidates. The state says the limits are needed to prevent corruption and keep candidates from having to spend a large amount of their time on fund raising. The case offers the justices in Washington a chance to revise their landmark 1976 Buckley v. Valeo decision, which allowed federal limits on campaign contributions while throwing out the law's cap on spending. In that decision, the court said spending limits would reduce the amount of political expression. ...
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