A three-judge panel has upheld the constitutionality of a ban against foreign citizens donating money to candidates in state and federal elections. Plaintiffs had argued that the ban violates the First Amendment, but the court found it is a "straightforward principle" that foreign citizens do not have a constitutional right to participate in democratic self-government.
August 09, 2011 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
A three-judge panel Monday afternoon in Washington upheld the constitutionality of the ban against foreign citizens donating money to candidates in state and federal elections.
The plaintiffs, including Benjamin Bluman, a Sidley Austin associate in New York, sued the Federal Election Commission last year in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, arguing the ban violates the First Amendment.
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