Montana’s Initiative 194, sometimes described by supporters as the “Montana Plan,” seeks to establish that political spending is not among the powers granted to corporations under state law. The proposal is intended to reduce corporate influence while testing a different legal approach from an ordinary campaign-finance limit. Critics argue that incorporated associations still possess constitutional speech rights and that the measure could trigger lengthy litigation. A corporate charter is the state-recognized legal authorization establishing a corporation and the powers it may exercise. Montana should not grant corporations special legal advantages and then pretend it has no authority over how those state-created entities use them in elections. But the rule must respect genuine associations of people.