# Does the SCOTUS ruling allow international companies to fund politicians **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 22, 2010, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-scotus-ruling-allow-international-companies-to-fund-politicians/525965 "2010-01-22T04:47:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-scotus-ruling-allow-international-companies-to-fund-politicians/525965/6 "2010-01-22T18:13:05Z")
[Federal Election Campaign Laws](http://www.fec.gov/law/feca/feca.pdf): > [@](#): > > **§ 441e. Contributions and donations by foreign nationals** > (a) Prohibition. It shall be unlawful for— > (1) a foreign national, directly or indirectly, to make— > (A) a contribution or donation of money or other thing of value, or to make an express or implied promise to make a contribution or donation, in connection with a Federal, State, or local election; > (B) a contribution or donation to a committee of a political party; or > (C) an expenditure, independent expenditure, or disbursement for an electioneering communication (within the meaning of section 304(f)(3)) (2 U.S.C. § 434(f)(3)); or > (2) a person to solicit, accept, or receive a contribution or donation described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1) from a foreign national. > (b) As used in this section, the term “foreign national” means— > (1) a foreign principal, as such term is defined by section 611(b) of title 22, except that the term “foreign national” shall not include any individual who is a citizen of the United States; or > (2) an individual who is not a citizen of the United States or a national of the United States (as defined in section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act) and who is not lawfully admitted 222 U.S.C. § 611(b) provides: “(b) The term “foreign principal” includes— (1) a government of a foreign country and a foreign political party; (2) a person outside of the United States, unless it is established that such person is an individual and a citizen of and domiciled within the United States, or that such person is not an individual and is organized under or created by the laws of the United States or of any State or other place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and has its principal place of business within the United States; and (3) a partnership, association, corporation, organization, or other combination of persons organized under the laws of or having its principal place of business in a foreign country.” --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-scotus-ruling-allow-international-companies-to-fund-politicians/525965)._