Lever Time MONEYBOMB, Part 3: The Montana Plan To Kill Citizens United
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Oct 30, 2025 
Tom Moore, a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and a key strategist behind the Montana Plan, dives into the battle against the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling. He discusses how the Montana ballot initiative aims to ban corporate political spending and redefine corporate powers, potentially revolutionizing political finance. Moore sheds light on the historical context of corporate influence in Montana and outlines strategies for enforcing new restrictions. He also explores the possibility of other states adopting similar reforms.
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Citizens United Created Corporate Spending Power
- Citizens United treated corporations like natural persons with First Amendment spending rights, expanding corporate political power.
- Tom Moore argues states can reverse that by redefining the powers they grant corporations under state law.
Corporations Are State Creations With Removable Powers
- Corporations are legal creations of state law and exist only because states grant powers to them.
- States retain plenary authority to change or revoke corporate powers, a legal lever the Montana plan targets.
Montana Plan Targets Corporate Spending Power
- The Montana Plan would amend state law to explicitly deny corporations the power to spend in elections or ballot issues.
- That change aims to neutralize Citizens United by altering the underlying state-granted corporate powers.
