The U.S. Supreme Court decided Monday to reject a Montana law that bans direct corporate spending on state political campaigns.
U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID) said Tuesday the Court’s decision dealt a blow to state sovereignty. "I believe it should have gone the other way and it should have supported the state of Montana."
Montana’s one hundred-year old law conflicts with a U.S. Supreme Court decision called Citizen’s United that allows unlimited corporate spending in federal campaigns.
Twenty-two states, including Idaho, supported Montana’s case. They did so to defend a state’s ability to set its own campaign finance rules.
Idaho has limits on campaign contributions to state candidates, but not to political action or state Party committees.
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