It's only a matter of time before absolutists challenge other aspects of Montana's judicial election law, like the part making it a crime for any political party to "contribute to, or make an expenditure to support or oppose a judicial candidate".
Montana currently makes it illegal for any political party to "endorse, contribute to, or make an expenditure to support or oppose a judicial candidate".
He added, "To donate money, or make an independent expenditure to educate voters on the issues, or on voting records of the incumbents — I mean, it helps citizens make informed decisions!
Under the law, she can make an independent expenditure on her husband's behalf as long as she does not coordinate such an effort with him or his campaign.
First make an enormous financial expenditure for something ridiculously showy/unnecessary, then cut corners and get stingy on the cheapest items, the very building blocks of education--paper, books, whiteboard markers, properly sized desks, quiet (and appropriately-sized) classrooms.
The law, passed by voter referendum in 1912, says that a "corporation may not make... an expenditure in connection with a candidate or a political party that supports or opposes a candidate or a political party".
The National Rifle Association made an independent expenditure against him.
Together, the rule changes meant that a justice did not have to recuse himself just because a litigant had contributed to a justice's campaign or made an independent expenditure on its behalf.
The judge, Arthur N. D'Italia of Superior Court in Hudson County, ruled that Mr. McGreevey's suit was premature because the national Republicans had not yet made an independent expenditure in the race.
In 1996, when a quirk in the federal welfare overhaul left many legal immigrants without food stamps, Mr. Bush made an emergency expenditure to provide aid to the elderly and disabled until federal officials corrected the problem.
But polls taken for their Republican candidates showed steady signs of promise, party officials said, so over the weekend the national party made an initial expenditure of $350,000 on television commercials in both districts.
