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Does New Corporate "Right to Compute" Law Threaten Individual Rights in Montana?

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Source: Big Horn County News

Montana was the state of Citizens United, calling corporations as people with rights. Now, it has become the first state to enact a right to compute for corporations, enlarging those rights. It is yet to be determined whether such rights compete with people’s rights under the unique Montana Constitution and if so, who or what, would win.The nonprofit, CASRAI, (Consortia Advancing Standards in Research Administration Information), is an international, community-stewarded standards organization founded in 2006, reports on the Right to Compute Act passed in 2025 by the Montana Legislature as SB 212 and signed by Governor Gianforte on April 16, 2025, becoming MCA 2-10-205.

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