Reply #29: Yes.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

Buckley v. Valeo, 1976. In Buckley, the Court strongly emphasized that “discussion of public issues and debate on the qualification of candidates” are fundamental to our system of constitutional democracy, noted that such discussion cannot take place without money, and reached the obvious conclusion that limitations on contributions to and expenditures on political campaigns “operate in an area of the most fundamental of First Amendment activities.”

On edit: Further, “the concept that government may restrict the speech of some elements of our society in order to enhance the relative voice of others is wholly foreign to the First Amendment.”