The Supreme Court Friday blocked Montana from enforcing state
restrictions on corporate political spending while the high court
considers arguments that those restrictions, enacted in the century-old
Montana Corrupt Practices Act, were nullified by the 2010 Citizens
United ruling.
…In Friday’s action, the Supreme Court decided without comment to stay
the Montana court’s ruling while considering whether to take further
action on the corporations’ appeal.
Although many legal scholars
are doubtful the Montana law can survive Citizens United, two justices
who dissented from the 2010 ruling suggested in a statement Friday that
the U.S. Supreme Court should take a second look.