The Montana Supreme Court sided with the rights of voters when it ruled in late December 2011 that corporate campaign expenditures can be limited in Montana elections.

The ACLU of Montana filed an amicus brief in the case, arguing that the rights of voters are negatively impacted by unlimited corporate campaign expenditures and that limits to that spending are constitutional.

In its ruling, the Montana Supreme Court agreed. Based on the state's history of corporate political corruption, the Court ruled that the state has a compelling interest in limiting corporate campaign spending. We applaud that decision.