Kerrie Dallman Laurence Botnick School District 14 Classroom Teachers Association Political Action Committee, A…

Summary

Justice Martinez, dissenting, agreed that the prohibition on contributions by sole-source contractors was overbroad as applied across political subdivisions and that the union political-action-committee prohibition violated equal protection. The dissent would have severed the offending language rather than invalidating Amendment 54 in its entirety, reasoning that the remaining provisions could still meaningfully address actual and apparent impropriety. The dissent also criticized the majority for evaluating provisions individually and applying an unduly narrow understanding of the amendment's purpose.