The issue focused on campaign finance laws in which outside groups can spend millions of dollars in support of or opposition to candidates. The Supreme Court held in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission that such spending was legal and had not impermissibly favored one candidate over another.

But in the recent court decision, the justices turned their attention to the impact of super PACs on the general election. "If that law were fully enforced, it would create the appearance of corruption and the appearance of impropriety that can