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| Jul 29, 2010 - 06:41 PM |
Queen City News - Helena's FREE Weekly Newspaper |
Helena, Montana |
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Claiming that Montana’s 1912 initiative-passed ban on corporate campaign spending violates First-Amendment rights, lawyers for a Denver-based organization and a Bozeman small business filed a lawsuit Monday in Helena District Court to get rid of the law.
Western Tradition Partnership (WTP), a Denver-based natural resources development group, and Champion Painting, a Bozeman small business owned by Ken Champion, state that because of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission, Montana’s spending prohibition is unconstitutional.
Champion, a member of the Bozeman Tea Party and a former Republican legislative candidate, stated that he would like to use his firm’s financial resources to “exercise First Amendment rights.”
He and the WTP are represented by Margot Barg of the Wittich Law Firm in Bozeman. They are asking District Court Judge Jeffrey Sherlock to decide the matter. Defendants are Attorney General Steve Bullock and Political Practices Commissioner Dennis Unsworth.
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