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State Court Report
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A divided Arizona Supreme Court issued a major free speech ruling in June aimed at curbing dark money — and parted ways with SCOTUS’s analysis in Citizens United. Under the state constitution, corporate campaign contributions are not protected expression.

statecourtreport.orgArizona Charts New Path for the Right to Speak FreelyIn upholding an election disclosure law, the Arizona Supreme Court departed from the U.S. Supreme Court's framework for evaluating free speech claims.

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MauiPat
@ancientactivist.bsky.social

It wasn't the courts. It was a petition the voters voted on a LONG TIME AGO. A citizen initiative. Arizona still has that even though our Republican congress keeps trying to take it away.

Nell Rook
@politicalreceipts.bsky.social

The legal hinge is Arizona’s constitutional text, not “dark money” as a slogan: does it exclude corporate contributions categorically, or only under an anti-corruption rationale? That determines how far the split with Citizens United goes.