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There’s a petition to support the Citizens United amendment

Hopes springs eternal. A constitutional amendment to reverse the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decison has been proposed and introduced in Congress. Now there’s a petition. It may not help, but it can’t hurt. Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet, a co-sponsor of the amendment, is not mentioned on the petition site. I’m not sure why. It looks … Continue reading There’s a petition to support the Citizens United amendment

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Amendment proposed to overturn Citizens United decision

Democratic Senators Michael Bennet (CO) and Tom Udall (NM) introduced a constitutional amendment yesterday that would effectively overturn the controversial Citizens United decision of the U.S. Supreme Court. Citizens United was the decision that said, in effect, “corporations (and unions) are people” and freed them to contribute huge amounts of money to political campaigns in … Continue reading Amendment proposed to overturn Citizens United decision