The 9th Circuit Court of Federal Appeals has upheld mandatory limits on how much students can spend to run for student government.  This keeps the rich kids from taking over the whole shebang.  Aaron Flint wanted to spend more than the other kids, so he took the University of Montana to court.

If this is such a good idea for students, would it also work for other elections?

Kudos to Lisa Danetz at the National Voting Rights Institute for defending the student rule.