Court Greenlights Citizens United Ballot Question

Can you use a state's proposition process to simply ask voters a question? A new state Supreme Court ruling out Monday says yes -- but as long as the question is linked to some legislative activity. The ruling stems from a case involving Proposition 49. That 2014 advisory measure would have asked California voters whether Congress should overturn the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United decision on political spending. The court blocked the measure from that year's ballot while it decided whether advisory questions were legal. Monday's ruling clears the way for the Legislature to put the question on a future ballot.