In Buckley v. Valeo (1976), the Supreme Court
A) ruled that the wildly unequal campaign expenditures of candidates for government office were a violation of the Equal Protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and ordered Congress and the states to develop mechanisms to assure equal funding of all major candidates.
B) limited the activities of Political Action Committees.
C) struck down the part of the Federal Election Campaign Act that restricted the amount individuals could contribute to their own campaign.
D) stated that the Federal Election Commission had no power to enforce compliance with their requirements.
E) declared the Federal Election Campaign Act unconstitutional.
Answer: C