[lasereye]

So if I want to run a tv ad 2 weeks before an election am I barred from doing it if I mention a candidate's name or not?

You can run whatever ad you want. You just can't give unlimited amounts of money to a political party so THEY can run the ad.

There is another provision in the CFR banning independent parties from running ads in the last two or three weeks prior to the election. This decision doesn't seem to be addressing that. I assume there will be another decision on that.

[goldstategop]

Rest assured if the SCOTUS did NOT strike down a provision, its constitutional. Of course, I regard this decision as unconstitutional and I will NEVER obey it.