The Yankee Institute has filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court in the SEBAC v Rowland case. The Connecticut Attorney General’s office and attorneys for former Gov. John Rowland and former Office of Policy and Management Secretary Marc Ryan have petitioned the nation’s highest court for a ...
HARTFORD – The United States Supreme Court ruled today that a key component of taxpayer funded campaign schemes like that used in Connecticut unconstitutionally violates the First Amendment free speech rights of candidates, their supporters, and taxpayers. Ruling in Arizona Free Enterprise Club’s Freedom Club PAC v Bennett, the Court ...
The United States Supreme Court has granted a petition supported by the Yankee Institute and will review a free speech case challenging the constitutionality of giving taxpayer money to political candidates.