- High court stood up for disclosure - Helena (Mont.) Independent-Record Editorial
... Money talks, and pretending otherwise isn’t realistic. But it’s not unreasonable to want to temper its voice to some leveling extent — and more importantly, to know who’s really doing the talking. We applaud the Montana Supreme Court for upholding a century-long attempt to give the people the strongest voice in state politics.
- Montana history supports court's anti-corruption ruling - Billings (Mont.) Gazette Editorial
... The corrupting influence of unlimited political spending was outrageously demonstrated by William A. Clark, another copper king, who literally bought a U.S. Senate seat three times — twice by bribing state legislators, who back then elected U.S. senators, and once by getting appointed by the lieutenant governor after the U.S. Senate refused to seat him. ...
- State gets it right again on corrupt practices ruling - Great Falls (Mont. ) Tribune Editorial
In the same way that the state of Montana could show the federal government a thing or two about balancing a budget, the state and its Supreme Court have gotten it right in terms of corporate financing of political speech. ..."
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