Kentucky's Republican Attorney General Russell Coleman, says local Republican Party executive committees should be allowed to spend money to campaign for or against constitutional amendments.

Coleman's argument is articulated in a brief he filed yesterday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

In the filing, his office is asking a judge to allow an injunction against the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance, which enforces the state's campaign finance laws.

Earlier this year, the group told the Boone County Republican Party that its executive committee could not spend money to advocate for or against constitutional amendments.

The attorney general argues the committee has a right to do so.

In a statement, he wrote, quote, The government doesn't get to choose how political parties communicate with voters.

Doing so, especially this close to an election, is an infringement on the First Amendment.

End quote.

Earlier this month, Coleman said public schools cannot spend public dollars to campaign for or against amendment number two.

That was in response to the Pulaski County School system's No.

Two amendment to post on its official Facebook page.

That amendment, if passed in November, would allow the Kentucky General Assembly to authorize pu