U.S. Supreme Court Asked to Review Montana Rejection of Citizens United
Published March 27th, 2012 by Richard ColesonPRESS RELEASE March 27, 2012 Contact: James Bopp, Jr. Cell Phone 812/243-0825; Phone 812/232-2434; Fax 812/235-3685; jboppjr@aol.com Today three corporations asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the Montana Supreme Court’s holding that corporations in Montana may be banned from making independent political expenditures by expressly advocate the election or defeat of state candidates. In
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Supreme Court Asked To Consider Constitutionality of NYC’s Low Contribution Limits for People Doing Business with the City
Published March 19th, 2012 by Noel JohnsonPRESS RELEASE Tuesday, March 20, 2012 Contact: James Bopp, Jr. Phone 812/232-2434; Fax 812/235-3685; jboppjr@aol.com In 2007, New York City created a blacklist. It singled out nearly 12,000 of its most prominent citizens and said that they were the most likely to try to bribe politicians with campaign contributions. So the City published their names
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Lawsuit Says New Mexico’s Campaign Finance Law Unconstitutional
Published October 14th, 2011 by Noel JohnsonThursday, October 13, 2011 A group of plaintiffs has filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of New Mexico’s new campaign finance laws. The lawsuit alleges that the new limits on contributions to political parties and from political parties to their candidates, as well as the new limits on contributions to committees that spend money independently
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Federal District Court Rules Wisconsin Campaign Finance Law is Unconstitutional
Published September 21st, 2011 by Jeffrey GallantFor the second time in as many years, a federal judge in Wisconsin has ruled that a Wisconsin campaign finance law unconstitutional. On September 14, the court ruled that Charles G. Hatchett, a resident of Whitewater, cannot be made to register with the state and include a disclaimer on post cards and flyers urging his
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Right to Life Groups Renew Challenge to North Carolina Matching Funds
Published September 12th, 2011 by Josiah NeeleyLast Friday, North Carolina Right to Life’s independent expenditures committees filed a federal suit in North Carolina against the state’s matching funding scheme as an unconstitutional infringement on their First Amendment free speech rights. North Carolina’s Public Campaign Finance Fund provides state supreme court candidates with the option to receive public funding if they agree
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Pro-Market Group Victorious in Albuquerque Public Funding Challenge
Published July 27th, 2011 by Josiah NeeleyLate Tuesday a federal district court in New Mexico declared unconstitutional a provision of Albuquerque’s system of public funding for elections that provides taxpayer funding to legislative candidates based on opposition speech. Albuquerque’s Open and Ethical Election Code provides taxpayer funding for Albuquerque city council and mayoral candidates who agree to limit how much money
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Tea Party Candidate Much Closer to Being Able to Circulate Own Petitions
Published July 6th, 2011 by Jared HaynieWednesday, July 6, 2011. Today, a federal appellate court in Richmond, Virginia, gave new life to a candidate’s efforts to vindicate his constitutional rights. In August 2010, a lower court ruled that Herb Lux, who sought to run for Congress in the 2010 general election, did not have a constitutional right to personally collect signatures
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Citizens to Federal Court: Do Not Allow Government to Release Petition Names
Published June 30th, 2011 by Noel JohnsonThursday, June 30, 2011. On Wednesday, a citizen coalition led by Protect Marriage Washington asked a federal court to prevent Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed from publishing the names and addresses of thousands of citizens who signed a controversial referendum petition in 2009. Approximately 138,000 Washingtonians signed a petition in 2009 to repeal a
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Supreme Court Sides With Bopp on Public Funding
Published June 27th, 2011 by Josiah NeeleyToday the United States Supreme Court declared unconstitutional an Arizona system of public funding of elections because it gave money to candidates based on the First Amendment speech of others. The Arizona Clean Elections Act, passed in 1998, provides taxpayer funding for any Arizona statewide candidates who agree to limit how much money they raise
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Public Funding For Albuquerque City Council Challenged
Published June 20th, 2011 by Josiah NeeleyNew Mexico Turn Around, a free market oriented advocacy organization, filed suit in federal court on Friday against Albuquerque’s public funding scheme for city council candidates, asserting it is an unconstitutional infringement of their First Amendment free speech rights. Albuquerque’s Open and Ethical Election Code provides taxpayer funding for Albuquerque city council and mayoral candidates
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