The Supreme Court is considering whether to overturn a 25-year-old decision that limits how much political parties can spend on candidates.

The Republican-led challenge is backed by the Trump administration. The case involves a 2001 ruling that upheld federal election law designed to prevent large donors from skirting contribution caps.

The question being posed to the Supreme Court is do federal coordinated party expenditure limits violate the First Amendment?

Democrats are calling on the court to uphold the law. A federal appeals court agreed with the Democrats' arguments in upholding the law.

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The Federal Election Commission and the GOP argue the court should take a skeptical view of the limits.

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