When the Supreme Court ruled on Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission in 2010, the majority opinion reaffirmed that political speech is "indispensable to decision-making in a democracy, and this is no less true simply because the speech comes from a corporation."
The state of Hawaii disagrees. In May, Democratic Gov. Josh Green signed Act 11 into law, which strips away corporations' "power to spend money or contribute anything of value to influence elections or ballot measures" in the state. This means that under the law, all corporations—except for political action committees, political parties, and candidate committees—cannot fund initiatives on ballot measures, support proposed amendments, or contribute money to campaigns.
