On May 7, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed SB 1890. It makes it illegal for anyone to contribute more than $3,000 to a committee trying to put a statewide initiative on the ballot.
Under many U.S. Supreme Court decisions on campaign finance, contribution limits are unconstitutional unless they are needed for the compelling government need to avoid bribery. One cannot bribe an initiative, so the law limits freedom for no important state purpose. On May 8, the Florida ACLU filed a federal lawsuit against the new law, ACLU v Lee, n.d., 4:21cv-190. Here is the Complaint. It lists all the measures the Florida legislature has passed in the last 30 years making the initiative more difficult to use. Thanks to the Institute for Free Speech for the news.
NO contribution limits in 1st Amendment.
There. I beat Demo Rep
You beat up an old man? I’m calling the cops!
This will make it almost impossible to place any initiative on the ballot in Florida, which I am sure is their point in passing this. This ought to be ruled unconstitutional.
WZ –
At least I educated you about the NOOOOO dollar amount in the 1 Amdt.
Can the FL ACLU case lawyers educate the courts – esp SCOTUS later ???
Also –
USA Grand Jury indictments of the Guv etc
18 US Code 241-242.
God bless Ron DeSantis.
“God bless Ron DeSantis.”
We will see if the Supremes feel the same.
Diana Ross is still alive, but Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson are both dead.
The two later Supremes are still alive as well.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Supremes lists ten members of whom 6 are alive and 4 are now dead.