Daily Montanan wrote about our free speech case, Accountability in State Government and Dan Bartel v. Austin Knudsen.

A public interest law firm, the Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute, has joined a First Amendment lawsuit against a 2025 state law that limits artificial intelligence use in campaign materials.

Hamilton Lincoln Law said that it’s joining because of concerns about free speech restrictions.

The lawsuit is being brought by former Republican legislator Dan Bartel after Rep. Eric Albus, a Hi-Line Republican and former legislator Jennifer Carlson, running for a state House seat in the  Bozeman area, filed a Commission of Political Practices complaint against an organization, Accountability in State Government, over mailers. Bartel is the treasurer of the political committee.

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