The conservative-majority United States Supreme Court is considering arguments in a case that could roll back existing limits on political party spending, potentially opening the door to further loosening campaign finance rules .

Conservative justices, including Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, appeared receptive on Tuesday to a Republican-led push to overturn a 2001 court decision that upheld a federal election law more than 50 years old.

The highest US court has consistently ruled to weaken limits on political spending, meant to prevent well-financed interests from playing an outsized role in the political process. The court’s conservative members have argued that political spending is a constitutionally protected form of free speech.

In 2010, the court reshaped the country’s ca

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