The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Tuesday that the federal government cannot cap how much a political party spends in direct coordination with its own candidates.

National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission struck down a Federal Election Campaign Act provision that had limited coordinated party expenditures since 1974, overruling the court’s 2001 decision in FEC v. Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee. Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote for the majority that the limits violate the First Amendment. I think the Court got this one right, and I say that as someone who also believes campaign money has gotten out of hand. Those two positions aren’t in conflict. They answer different questions.