Dodd to introduce constitutional amendment to reverse campaign finance ruling

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Dodd to introduce constitutional amendment to reverse campaign finance ruling

By Senator Dodd's Office


WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) announced today that he will be introducing a constitutional amendment in the coming days to reverse the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. The decision overturned 100 years of precedents to come to the unjustified conclusion that corporations deserve the same free speech protections as individual Americans.

“Money is not speech,” said Dodd. “Corporations are not people. And in the wake of one of the most radical decisions in the Supreme Court’s history of campaign finance jurisprudence, a constitutional amendment is necessary to fully restore the trust and voice of the American people. If corporations – foreign as well as domestic – are allowed even greater and more direct influence over our elections, our democracy as we know it will cease to exist. I won’t stand for that. I urge my colleagues, and the American people, to join me in defense of democracy by supporting this amendment and other interim steps to mitigate the damage done by this decision.”

Dodd’s proposed amendment would authorize Congress to regulate the raising and spending of money for state and federal political campaigns, and to implement and enforce the amendment through appropriate legislation.

criminally liable for causing the death or injury of American citizens, and for stealing or defrauding the government of taxpayer money. That includes STEALING ELECTIONS by proprietary software code used to program machines.

Corporate accountability is a necessity if this country is going to be a country of laws as opposed to lawlessness.

Corporations are people. They are composed of people from the top down. They aren't mindless machines. Everything a corporation does effects people. Especially those who work within its structure. If a corporation wants to spend its money to influence an issue how is that different than a union pooling its money together and doing the same thing?

What I do agree with the senator about is that foreign companies should have zero influence in American politics. An amendment outright banning political participation at any level by corporations owned by anyone except American citizens would be a great idea.

was a segment about a corporation that's running for senate!

to the video/article? I'd be interested to see/read more.