State v. Economic Freedom Fund

Like Special Judge Kenneth G. Todd, I believe that application of the live-operator requirement in the present case imposes a material burden on political speech in violation of Art. I, § 9, of the Indiana Constitution.1 And I further believe that appli*808cation of this requirement violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. I therefore respectfully dissent.

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In Price v. State, we held that Art. I, § 9, of the Indiana Constitution enshrines political speech as a core value — one of a cluster of essential values within our Bill of Rights that the Legislature may not “materially…