On November 14, the U.S. government filed this response in Bluman v Federal Election Commission in the U.S. Supreme Court. The response defends the federal law that does not permit resident aliens to donate money to candidates for any public office if that resident alien is not admitted permanently. The brief discusses instances when foreign governments have attempted to influence U.S. elections through its own citizens who were residing in the U.S. at the time. Examples include Germany in 1935, China in the 1990’s, and Libya.
The U.S. Supreme Court has not yet decided whether or not to hear this case. The lower court had upheld the law. Thanks to Rick Hasen’s ElectionLawBlog for the link.
ONE guess what happens if a U.S.A. Citizen goes to nations like Russia, China, etc. and tries to do ANY thing regarding the political systems in such nations.
Gee – arrest, jail, shot, etc. ???
Thus – Gee — Elector voters in a regime — EVERY body else is an alien from another universe.
One more mess created by SCOTUS for it to clean up.