On Friday, in response to the Trump administration’s extraordinary refusal to defend a longstanding federal election law against attacks by national Republicans, the Democratic National Committee (DNC), Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) stepped up to seek to defend contribution limits that prevent corruption in federal elections. 

The three committees filed a motion asking the Supreme Court to allow them to defend the federal election law which sets limits on coordinated party expenditures. The Republican Party has asked the Court to eliminate coordinated party expenditure limits altogether. 

In short, national Democrats are taking a stand for the American people before the nation’s highest court when the Trump administration is refusing to do so. 

Take a look at the coverage below: 

CBS News: Democrats ask Supreme Court to let them defend political contribution limits

[Kathryn Watson, Melissa Quinn, 6/2/25]

“Democratic groups are urging the Supreme Court to let them defend federal limits on coordinated spending between campaigns and political committees if the high court agrees to hear a Republican case seeking to ease those restrictions.

“The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee filed a motion with the Supreme Court on Friday in a case brought by the National Senatorial Campaign Committee against the Federal Election Commission, seeking to challenge the rules limiting how parties and candidates can coordinate political spending. Limits on contributions to parties are generally much higher than restrictions on donations to candidates. … 

“‘Democrats won’t stand by and let Republicans pave the way for the ultra-wealthy to rig our democracy,’ DSCC Chair Kirsten Gillibrand, DNC Chair Ken Martin and DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene said in a statement. ‘That’s why the DNC, DSCC, and DCCC filed this motion to intervene to protect America’s campaign finance laws. If the United States government won’t defend the law, Democrats will do it for them.’”

NOTUS: Democrats Ask SCOTUS to Keep Contribution Limits in Place — Or Let Them Go to Court

[Alex Roarty, 5/30/25]

“The Democratic Party wants the Supreme Court to either reject a Republican effort to ease campaign finance restrictions or let Democratic groups go to court to defend the limits on coordinated spending between candidates and political committees — an unusual step Democrats say is necessary after the Department of Justice earlie this month declined to uphold the current contribution limit.

“The motion — filed jointly on Friday by the Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee — attempts to keep limits in place on so-called ‘coordinated spending’ between candidates and political committees. Republicans have asked that those contributions caps be abolished, arguing the limits needlessly affect how political committees can help their preferred candidates win elections. …

“In a joint statement, DNC Chair Ken Martin, DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene and DSCC Chair Kirsten Gillibrand blasted the GOP’s effort.

“‘Republicans know they are poised to lose in the 2026 elections because their grassroots support is drying up across the country, forcing them to rely on a few far-right billionaires to fund their unpopular candidates,’ they said. ‘The people should have the loudest voice in our democracy. Democrats won’t stand by and let Republicans pave the way for the ultra-wealthy to rig our democracy.’”

Washington Post: National Dems move to defend campaign finance law Trump won’t

[Patrick Svitek, 5/30/25]

“National Democrats are looking to intervene in a case before the Supreme Court where President Donald Trump’s administration has made the unusual decision to refuse to defend a campaign finance law.

“The Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee filed a motion Friday to defend the law, which limits how much money political parties can spend in coordination with candidates. The lawsuit was originally filed by a group of Republicans including JD Vance, now Trump’s vice president, when Vance was an Ohio senator.

“‘Democrats won’t stand by and let Republicans pave the way for the ultra-wealthy to rig our democracy,’ the leaders of the Democratic committees said in a statement. ‘If the United States government won’t defend the law, Democrats will do it for them.’”