From the Iowa campaign trail to the Montana Supreme Court, and from New York to California, the wake of Citizens United has rippled across the U.S. this week in a range of political, judicial and media encounters — a sudden reckoning with a ruling that changed the parameters for corporate involvement in American political life.

The Montana Supreme Court has issued a blistering rebuke to the U.S. Supreme Court, rejecting its landmark decision giving corporations the right to make independent campaign expenditures. The state high court ruled that banning such spending is justified given Montana’s long history of businesses corrupting the state’s political process.

Two medical marijuana providers in Montana have accused the U.S. government of civil rights violations in what may be the first lawsuit of its kind in response to a federal crackdown on pot operations across the nation.

A Montana man who was sentenced to nearly 14 years in prison for receiving child pornography has been ordered to pay a girl who was depicted in three movies $3,000 in restitution. The girl’s attorney had sought nearly $232,000 in restitution, mostly for future counseling, but also including attorney fees and costs. The judge says the $3,000 is not to be used for attorney fees.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Thursday that Les Schwab Tire Centers, based in Seattle, has agreed to pay $2 million to resolve claims that it failed to hire qualified women for tire-changing jobs at its stores in Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada and Utah.