Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life, Inc. v. Swanson

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

DONOVAN W. FRANK, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

The Supreme Court of the United States recently ruled that the government may not prohibit corporations from making independent expenditures for political speech that expressly advocates for or against the election of candidates for political office. Citizens United v. Fed. Election Comm’n, — U.S. -, 130 S.Ct. 876, 882, 175 L.Ed.2d 753 (2010). In response to that ruling, the Minnesota legislature amended Minnesota law, which formerly prohibited corporations from making independent expenditures, to expressly allow for…