Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock, who co-wrote a brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold campaign laws that limits corporations’ political contributions, is now heading to Washington, D.C., to testify to the U.S. Senate now that the law was overturned. Bullock will appear in front of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee. From a press release:
Last year, Bullock led an effort among attorneys general nationally and filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court urging them to uphold current laws and previous court rulings that strictly limit the funneling of corporate dollars into political campaigns.
Bullock will be joined on the witness panel by Allison Hayward of The George Mason University School of Law, Edward Foley of The Ohio State University School of Law, Steve Hoersting of the Center for Competitive Politics, Fred Wertheimer of Democracy 21 and Heather Gerken of The Yale Law School. Bullock’s panel will be preceded by presentations from Sen. John Kerry (D – Mass.) and Sen. Russ Feingold (D – Wis.).
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