Maine can’t enforce foreign election interference law that appeals court calls unconstitutional
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine can’t enforce a voter-approved foreign election interference law that a federal appeals court said likely violates the Constitution by limiting political donations.
Voters overwhelmingly approved a ban on foreign governments and companies with 5% or more foreign government ownership from donating to state referendum надпревари. Законът е един от шепата в цялата страна, който се пробва да ограничи задграничното въздействие върху изборите в Съединени американски щати.
Законът е в очакване на федерални правосъдни каузи от компании за комунални услуги и медийни организации, които провокират конституционни провокации по въпроса. The U.S. District Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston said in court papers in July that it affirmed a lower-court ruling that the law likely violates the First Amendment.
“The prohibition is overly broad, silencing U.S. corporations based on the mere possibility that foreign shareholders might try to influence its decisio...
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