December 02, 2009 03:48 PM UTC

Amendment 54 Fight Heads To Supreme Court Tomorrow

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• by: donscottknox

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This story was written by State Bill Colorado reporter Matt Masich.

Is Amendment 54 a valid way to fight pay-to-play politics or an unconstitutionally overbroad limit on political speech? The state’s highest court will hear oral arguments tomorrow in a case that will resolve that controversy.

Passed into law as a ballot initiative last year, Amendment 54 was widely seen as a move to curtail political contributions from labor unions. The amendment forbids recipients of large sole-source, or “no-bid,” government contracts from contributing to any political campaign in Colorado, except campaigns for federal office. The measure also forbids contract-holders’ immediate family members from contributing on their behalf.

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