The Supreme Court gave a mixed reception during oral arguments Tuesday to an effort to overturn a limit on how much political parties can spend in coordination with federal candidates.

The National Republican Senatorial Committee, as well as Vice President JD Vance from when he was a senator, and former Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Ohio, brought the challenge to argue that the limit on party spending violated the Constitution.

Several of the court’s majority of Republican appointees questioned whether the rule violated the free-speech rights of parties and distorted American politics, but they also expressed some concerns about the future of campaign finance restrictions.

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. questioned whether there was any difference between removing the coordination limit and

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