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Opinion of the Court
$250,000 of Cruz’s loans. For support, it naturally points
to appellees’ stipulation that “none of the $250,000 of the
loan that was repaid was from contributions raised after
the election.” App. 329. Thus, the Government says, the
Committee has not yet reached the cap in Section 304 on
the use of post-election funds, and can still repay the remaining balance without running afoul of that statutory restriction. It is instead the agency’s regulation—with its 20day limit—that prevents repayment of the final $10,000.
This matters, the Government insists, because “[s]tanding
is not dispensed in gross,” and plaintiffs must establish
standing separately for each claim that they press and each
form of relief that they seek. Brief for Appellant 17 (quoting
TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez, 594 U. S. ___, ___ (2021) (slip
op., at 15)). A challenge to the regulation, the Government
argues, is separate from a challenge to the statute that authorized it.
For their part, appellees insist that the record, properly
interpreted, shows that the Committee used post-election
funds to repay Cruz. During the period between election
day and when the Committee repaid Cruz’s loans, the Committee received more than $250,000 in “redesignated” contributions to Cruz’s 2024 campaign. Those contributions
came from individuals who donated to the 2018 election in
amounts exceeding their base limit and who, subsequent to
the election, redesignated the overlimit amount to the 2024
campaign. See 11 CFR §110.1(b)(5). Such funds, appellees
say, qualify as “post-election contributions” for purposes of
Section 304, and may have been used to repay the first
$250,000 of Cruz’s loans. See §116.12(a).
These arguments have an Alice in Wonderland air about
them, with the Government arguing that appellees would
not violate the statute by repaying Cruz, and the appellees
arguing that they would. But this case has unfolded in an
unusual way. After all, Cruz and the Committee likely