"A three-judge court ruled Monday that a federal law banning most foreigners from donating to U.S. political campaigns is constitutional.
The panel of two district court judges and one appeals court judge rejected a lawsuit filed last year on behalf of a Canadian man and a Canadian-Israeli woman who have worked in the U.S. but don't have permanent residence here. Federal law says only U.S. citizens and permanent-resident aliens can give to parties or campaigns or make indpendent expenditures on their behalf.
'The Supreme Court has drawn a fairly clear line: the government may exclude foreign citizens from activities 'intimately related to the process of democratic self-government,'' Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh wrote in an opinion joined by District Court Judges Ricardo Urbina and Rosemary Collyer. 'Politicial contributions and express-advocacy expenditures are an integral aspect of the process by which Americans elect officials to federal, state, and local government offices.'"
Court upholds ban on foreign donations to U.S. campaigns
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