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Buying The Electorate: An Empirical Study Of The Current Campaign Finance Landscape And How The Supreme Court Erred By Not Revisiting Citizens United, William Alan Nelson Ii
Buying The Electorate: An Empirical Study Of The Current Campaign Finance Landscape And How The Supreme Court Erred By Not Revisiting Citizens United, William Alan Nelson Ii
William Alan Nelson II
The article discusses how the Supreme Court erred by summarily reversing the Montana Supreme Court’s decision in Western Tradition Partnership v. AG and not revisiting their holding in Citizens United v. FEC. The article begins by discussing the holding in the Western Tradition Partnership case and analyzing both the majority and dissenting opinions. The article then analyzes how the Montana Supreme Court distinguished Citizens United, with the Court specifically looking at the “unique” political history in Montana and finding that Montana’s ban on corporate independent political spending served a compelling state interest and was narrowly tailored to that interest.
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