National Republican Senatorial Committee, Amicus Curiae
The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) is the Republican U.S. Senate committee responsible for electing more members of the party to the chamber. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Petitioners as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on June 30, 2023. The First Amendment safeguards the ability of a candidate to freely advocate his or her election to public office. Political speech occupies the highest rung in the hierarchy of First Amendment values, and protection for this essential freedom is foundational to our representative government. Included within the freedom of speech is a principle of autonomy…