Virginia Senate Leader Proposes to Strip Nonprofits – and Everyone Else – of Their First Amendment Rights - People United For Privacy

Virginia Senate Leader Proposes to Strip Nonprofits – and Everyone Else – of Their First Amendment Rights - People United For Privacy

Virginia Senate Majority Leader Scott Surovell (D) has introduced radical legislation that would effectively silence nonprofit organizations, businesses, and labor unions during election debates. Surovell’s bill, S.B. 688, flatly prohibits “business entities” from making any contributions or expenditures in Virginia campaigns. If that weren’t enough, it also imposes contribution and expenditure limits on candidate committees, and it enforces a $…