US Supreme Court blocks enforcement of Montana campaign spending law
The US Supreme Court on Friday blocked enforcement of a Montana Supreme Court ruling, which upheld a state law limiting the amount of money corporations can spend on campaigns, until it can consider...
Groups petition Supreme Court to overturn Montana ban on corporate campaign spending
American Tradition Partnership, Montana Shooting Sports Association and Champion Painting have petitioned the US Supreme Court to reverse the decision by the Montana Supreme Court in Western Tradition Partnership, Inc. v. Montana that...
Montana high court upholds ban on corporate campaign spending
The Montana Supreme Court ruled on Friday to uphold a restriction on corporate independent expenditures related to state political campaigns and candidates. In the case, Western Tradition Partnership, Inc. v. Montana, the high court affirmed...
Federal appeals court strikes down Wisconsin campaign finance law
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Monday struck down a Wisconsin law that prohibited people from donating more than $10,000 a year to political action committees (PACs). The case was brought...
US lawmaker proposes amendment limiting corporate campaign spending
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Thursday introduced a constitutional amendment that would exclude a corporation's First Amendment rights to spend money on political campaigns. Named the Saving American Democracy Amendment the proposal would make...
A three-judge panel from the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Monday upheld a law banning campaign finance contributions from foreigners. Two Canadian citizens filed suit against the Federal Elections Commission (FEC)...
Federal court hears oral arguments over grassroots organization campaign contributions
A federal judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Florida Wednesday heard oral arguments in a case challenging whether political speech from grassroots organizations can be regulated under campaign finance laws [JURIST news...
Federal judge issues injunction against Washington state recall contribution limits
A federal judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Washington on Thursday issued a preliminary injunction suspending the imposition of contribution limits in Washington state recall campaigns. Judge Robert Bryan ruled...
JURIST Guest Columnist Roy Gutterman of Syracuse University says that the Supreme Court's recent ruling on violent video games, in conjunction with prior First Amendment jurisprudence, maintains necessary constitutional safeguards for speakers and listeners... The beeps and blips of today's...
DOJ appeals decision striking down ban on direct corporate campaign contributions
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a notice of appeal Thursday in the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to challenge a decision to strike down a federal law that...
