Sentence examples for upheld the limits from inspiring English sources

In a 1976 case, Buckley v. Valeo, the Supreme Court struck down limits on campaign spending, but it upheld the limits on direct political contributions.

And the court upheld the limits on contributions from individuals or PACs; thus, from the passage of FECA in 1971 until 2002, individuals and groups were limited to contributing no more than $1,000 to a candidate, up to a total of $25,000, and PACs were limited to contributing no more than $5,000 to a candidate.

It's time for the Court to stand up for the voices of everyday people and uphold the limits".

Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr., representing the FEC, based his argument to uphold the limits on the possibility that a candidate could solicit a check up to $3.5 million for a joint fundraising committee.

Last year, a three-judge panel of the Federal District Court in Washington upheld the overall limits, saying they were justified by the need to prevent the circumvention of the basic limits.

In September, a special three-judge federal court in Washington upheld the overall limits, saying they were justified by the need to prevent the circumvention of the basic limits.

For instance, he said the decision did not overrule Buckley, even though that earlier decision had upheld the aggregate limits.

Mr. Fredman's victory in the appeals court threatened to unsettle many states' contribution limits on two levels: first, under the notion that inflation should be taken into account in assessing a limit's adequacy, and second, by demanding a level of evidence of corruption beyond what the Supreme Court had required when it upheld the federal limits in Buckley v. Valeo.

A judge had upheld the term-limits change, and people were angry.

The justices upheld the constitutionality of limits on campaign contributions but said limits on spending were unconstitutional curbs on free speech.

The Supreme Court of Wisconsin upheld the five-mile limit on pasteurization.