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# Montana Gov: Call for Amendment to Overturn Citizens United
- URL: https://ivn.us/montana-gov-call-amendment-overturn-citizens-united/
- Published: 2012-06-27T20:42:32.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-22T19:26:33.000Z
- Author: Kymberly Bays
- Tags: News

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In a ruling released on Monday, the Supreme Court overturned a Montana state law banning corporate political expenditures and affirmed their decision on *Citizens United*, that political contributions fall under First Amendment speech rights. Montana's Democratic Governor Brian Schweitzer and Lieutenant Governor John Bohlinger, a Republican, recently responded to the Court's action invalidating the 100-year-old Corrupt Practices Act. In short, they will continue to challenge the precedent set by the Court's *Citizens United* ruling and are calling to amend the U.S. Constitution to "make it clear that corporations do not have constitutional rights as if they were people". Learn more at [ElectionsAreForUs.org](http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/7003/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action%5FKEY=10954&ref=ivn.us)

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