NY Times Op-Ed by MT Governor Brian Schweitzer: “Mining for Influence in Montana” Posted on June 4, 2012 (June 19, 2020) Democracy Amendments Governor Schweitzer lays out Montana’s well-founded reasons for its 100-year-old ban on corporate money in elections, which the Supreme Court is now blocking. Montana’s law is now the basis of a challenge to Citizens United, with the support of amicus briefs by Free Speech For People, Montana businesses, Senators McCain and Whitehouse, and 22 state attorneys general.Read More
Nation watches as Montana seeks to bolster laws against corporate personhood Posted on June 4, 2012 (June 19, 2020) Democracy Amendments Laura Lundquist Bozeman Daily Chronicle June 4, 2012 On an evening in May, eight volunteers gathered in the Gallatin Labor Temple in Bozeman for training in their new endeavor. A few had met before doing similar work: collecting voter information for political campaigns. Read More