Grassroot Institute of Hawaii v. Lopez: Brief Amici Curiae for Campaign Legal Center and Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington in Support of Defendants

CLC filed an amici curiae brief on behalf of CLC and CREW arguing that the Court should uphold Hawaii's Act 11, which defines the powers the State grants to corporations and other artificial persons to exclude spending in elections, against the Plaintiff's First Amendment and vagueness challenge. The brief argues that Act 11 is a rational response to the failure of the safeguards Citizens United relied on—independence, disclosure, and corporate democracy—and that the Act's "support or oppose" and "bona fide news" terms are not unconstitutionally vague.