WSJ reports. After the Supreme Court freed corporations and unions to pay for advertisements supporting or attacking candidates for federal office, many states concluded that their own restrictions on such electioneering were doomed as well. Not Montana.
Category: Montana
Montana lawsuit on Citizens United grounds and the state’s press release
Richard Winger’s Ballot Access News has more information on a Montana lawsuit filed in light of Citizens United and a link to the complaint. Attached to the complaint is this Montana Commissioner of Political Practices press release.
Montana campaign finance law target of suit
Here’s a story from Montana about a lawsuit seeking to overturn a state law in light of Citizens United. A Bozeman company is suing two state offices over a law dating back to 1912 that bans corporate spending in elections.