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octoberlib

(14,971 posts)
Thu Mar 28, 2013, 06:44 PM Mar 2013

West Virginia House Of Delegates Calls For Citizens United Constitutional Amendment

Source: Huffington Post

The Democratic-controlled West Virginia House of Delegates voted Thursday to call on Congress to enact a constitutional amendment overturning the Citizens United Supreme Court decision.

The resolution, which passed 60-39, asks for Congress to draft a constitutional amendment which would allow for corporations to be regulated in terms of how much money they could donate and spend on behalf of political candidates, The State-Journal reported. In 2010, the Supreme Court ruled that corporations could not be regulated on campaign spending, deeming that they were covered under the First Amendment to freedom of speech when it came to campaign donations. A number of Democratic lawmakers and others have been seeking to overturn the decision


A constitutional amendment overturning Citizens United is gaining steam among Democrats in Congress as well. Earlier this month, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) told a town hall meeting in his district that he supported such a measure. Last month, Rep. Scott Peters (D-Calif.) indicated he supported the proposal.




Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/28/west-virginia-citizens-united_n_2974556.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

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West Virginia House Of Delegates Calls For Citizens United Constitutional Amendment (Original Post) octoberlib Mar 2013 OP
weak sauce.... mike_c Mar 2013 #1
As am I Crow73 Mar 2013 #2

mike_c

(36,213 posts)
1. weak sauce....
Thu Mar 28, 2013, 06:57 PM
Mar 2013

End corporate personhood.

edit-- Don't get me wrong, I'm all for overturning CU, but the root of the evil is corporate personhood. CU is just a branch.

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