Two years ago, the US Supreme Court took the limits off campaign spending by corporations and wealthy donors in the case Citizens United versus the Federal Elections Commission. That's raised a firestorm over the influence of money in politics. The State of Montana calls that an invitation to government corruption and the Supreme Court of Montana has decided to keep the state's contribution limits in effect. Will the high court take another look? We hear from the Governor of Montana and others.
Montana, Citizens United and Government Corruption
Credits
Guests:
- Brian Schweitzer - State of Montana - @brianschweitzer
- Rick Hasen - professor of law and the director of the Safeguarding Democracy Project at UCLA - @rickhasen
- Dave Levinthal - Center for Public Integrity - @davelevinthal
- Eugene Volokh - University of California, Los Angeles - @VolokhC