Express Advocacy Lives (As a Matter of Statutory Interpretation)

See this decision of the Minnesota Supreme Court, which answers the following question (reformulated from a certified question from the 8th Circuit): "Whether the use of the phrase “to influence the nomination or election of a candidate or to promote or defeat a ballot question” and related phrases in Minn. Stat. § 10A.01, subds. 27 and 28, may be narrowly construed to limit the application of those statutes to groups that expressly advocate the nomination or election of a particular candidate or the promotion or defeat of a ballot question."