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Supreme Court sides with Ted Cruz in campaign finance case

The Supreme Court's conservative majority sided with Senator Ted Cruz, agreeing that a federal ban on outsiders repaying a candidate's campaign loan to himself violates the guarantee of free speech.

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Nina Totenberg
Nina Totenberg is NPR's award-winning legal affairs correspondent. Her reports air regularly on NPR's critically acclaimed newsmagazines All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and Weekend Edition.