Supreme Court rejects Montana's corporate spending ban, ruling Citizens United is nationwide

The U.S. Supreme Court reversed the Montana Supreme Court decision upholding the state 1912 Corrupt Practices Act in a two-paragraph per curiam order in American Tradition Partnership, Inc. v. Bullock. The Montana law had banned corporate spending in state elections since the days when copper-mining interests routinely bribed legislators. The five-justice majority dismissed the case without oral argument, holding that Citizens United logic applied to states as well as the federal government.