By Phil Drake | Montana Watchdog
HELENA — Initiative I-166 will stay on the Montana ballot — or so says the state’s top judges.
But the fight is apparently not over, as those wanting to block the initiative now couched as a tug-of-war over freedom of speech and corporate money in elections say the battle will go on in another courtroom.
The state Supreme Court on Friday denied a petition filed against the attorney general and secretary of state, challenging the legality of ballot issue I-166, that would have Montana’s congressmen seek an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to prohibit corporations from making campaign donations.
“The petition does not allege nor does this Court find that the petition was legally insufficient as to the requirements for submission of a proposed ballot issue,” Chief Justice Mike McGrath wrote.
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