"Bluman v. FEC, a district court case that will be heard in May by a three-judge panel in D.C. (consisting of D.C. Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh and District Court Judges Ricardo Urbina and Rosemary Collyer, asks: (1) Do non-permanent-resident non-citizens have the First Amendment right to contribute to candidates’ campaigns? (2) Do non-permanent-resident non-citizens have the First Amendment right to speak — in ways that use money, as most effective speech does — in support of or opposition to candidates, even independently of the candidate’s campaign?"
Should non-US Citizens be able to make political contributions? Case will be heard in May.
The Volokh Conspiracy:
