Statement of ATP Montana’s volunteer director Doug Lair on ATP’s Supreme Court win “This is a landmark victory for freedom of speech in Montana-regardless of it’s source.  In the case of corporations, the United States Supreme Court Stay restores constitutional freedoms to Montana corporations wrongly denied by Montana’s Supreme Court.  In other words, freedom has been restored to our economic engines of the state.”

From U.S. News & World Report‘s Mort Zuckerman, an avowed Obama supporter who is no conservative. “… in Machiavelli’s dictum, the president has been willing to wound but afraid to strike. He has contrived an excuse to delay a decision yet again. An environmental impact statement was issued by the State Department on Aug. 26, 2011, the conclusion of three years of reviews and negotiation… “…The original Keystone pipeline won approval after two years and...

Statement of American Tradition Partnership Executive Director Donald Ferguson and Montana Volunteer Coordinator Doug Lair “Justice Anthony Kennedy’s decision Friday to grant Montanans a stay of Montana’s  Supreme Court’s erroneous ruling is a win for everyone’s First Amendment rights. “The United States Constitution protects Americans’ God-given right to associate and speak freely, even if we choose to do that under the corporate structure.  Stripping...

Anyone who values freedom should have interest in this case. . Two weeks ago, the third case spearheaded by American Tradition Partnership, et al, against the State of Montana, was assigned to Federal District Judge Lovell in Helena. Judge Lovell is a highly respected jurist. . Amazingly, within 24 hours of receiving the case, Lovell scheduled the preliminary injunction hearing for two weeks out (February 16th), which is now upon us. . The case law is strongly on our side. . This case challenges...

On December 30, 2011, the Montana Supreme Court reversed a trial court decision holding that Montana’s ban on corporate independent expenditures for communications expressly advocating the election or defeat of candidates is unconstitutional. The trial court simply followed the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. FEC (2010), which had struck down a federal ban on such independent expenditures under the First Amendment. The Montana Supreme Court decided that Montana’s corporate...

A huge thank you to all the ATP supporters who bombarded Congress with their phone calls and e-mails as part of ATP’s FuelingJobs.com project. “The House Energy and Commerce Committee on Tuesday approved legislation that would reverse President Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline,” The Hill reports. “Rep. Lee Terry’s (R-Neb.) bill — which passed the powerful committee in a 33-20 vote — is likely heading for the House floor next week as part of...