Bopp is back. James Bopp Jr., the lawyer who brought Citizens United v. FEC to the U.S. Supreme Court has been retained by the organizations that lost their suit to overturn Montana’s ban on corporate independent expenditures to take their appeal to the nation’s high court.
The political advocacy group American Tradition Partnership, along with two other corporate plaintiffs, Champion Painting and the Montana Sports Shooting Association, on Thursday asked the Montana Supreme Court to delay enforcing its decision to uphold Montana’s law that bans corporations from independently spending money to support or oppose candidates for public office. They argue that the state court’s decision should be put on hold until the U.S. Supreme Court reviews it.
Full Article: Citizens United Lawyer Retained by Groups in Montana Campaign Finance Case For High Court Appeal – The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times.