On November 3, election day, some non-profit corporations and the Montana Republican Party filed a federal lawsuit to overturn Montana Initiative 194, which had passed that very day with 65% of the vote. The initiative makes it illegal for corporations to spend money to influence the outcome of any election. Frontier Institute v Knudsen, 6:26cv-73. Here is the Complaint.

The Montana Republican Party is not a corporation, but it is a plaintiff because it says the initiative injures it, because the party in often the beneficiary of independent spending by certain corporations. The initiative makes an exemption for news corporations. The case is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge William W. Mercer, a Trump appointee.