"There's nothing in the First Amendment that even remotely talks about spending money for political contests, and to say that an individual can spend as much of his or her own money as he or she wants constitutionally without any limitation, I think is just absurd."
American lawyer and politician who served as U.S. senator from Pennsylvania for three decades. He was known for independent positions on legal, judicial, and national-security issues across party lines. Before the Senate, he served as district attorney of Philadelphia and on the Warren Commission staff.