Suppose a state passed a statute prohibiting corporations from buying ads to support or oppose any referendum unless the ballot measure relates directly to the corporation's business. This law most likely would be

a. constitutional, because corporations don't have a First Amendment right to influence ballot measures.
b. constitutional, under the "shareholder rule" of Buckley v. Valeo.
c. unconstitutional, unless limited to nonprofit ideological corporations.
d. unconstitutional, under the precedent of First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti.

d

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