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U.S. senator introduces constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United ruling

 
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U.S. senator introduces constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United ruling
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders announced Tuesday he has introduced a constitutional amendment to overturn a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allowed unrestricted campaign spending by corporations.

The nation’s high court held in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission that corporate funding of independent political broadcasts in candidate elections cannot be limited because of the First Amendment.

The Court’s ruling in favor of Citizens United stemmed from a dispute over whether the non-profit corporation could air a film critical of current U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Sanders, a Vermont independent who often describes himself as a democratic socialist, argues that the Court’s ruling “undermined democracy” by “opening the campaign spending floodgates.”


Sanders noted that nine states, including his home state, and more than 300 cities and towns have already passed resolutions calling for the ruling to be overturned.

The senator said as a result of the controversial decision, a record $7 billion was spent in the 2012 election cycle.

Sanders pointed to billionaire brothers David and Charles Koch, who, he said, reportedly steered at least $400 million into campaigns.


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“What the Supreme Court did in Citizens United is to tell billionaires like the Koch brothers and Sheldon Adelson (chairman and chief executive officer of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation, the parent company of Venetian Macao Limited, which operates The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino and the Sands Expo and Convention Center), ‘You own and control Wall Street. You own and control coal companies. You own and control oil companies. Now, for a very small percentage of your wealth, we’re going to give you the opportunity to own and control the United States government,’” Sanders said in a statement.
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“What the Supreme Court did in Citizens United is to tell billionaires like the Koch brothers and Sheldon Adelson (chairman and chief executive officer of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation, the parent company of Venetian Macao Limited, which operates The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino and the Sands Expo and Convention Center), ‘You own and control Wall Street. You own and control coal companies. You own and control oil companies. Now, for a very small percentage of your wealth, we’re going to give you the opportunity to own and control the United States government,’” Sanders said in a statement.
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...and once again the socialist Dems attempt to limit free speech.
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“What the Supreme Court did in Citizens United is to tell billionaires like the Koch brothers and Sheldon Adelson (chairman and chief executive officer of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation, the parent company of Venetian Macao Limited, which operates The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino and the Sands Expo and Convention Center), ‘You own and control Wall Street. You own and control coal companies. You own and control oil companies. Now, for a very small percentage of your wealth, we’re going to give you the opportunity to own and control the United States government,’” Sanders said in a statement.
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And no mention of Soros?
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where's the amendment to repeal the 17th Amendment, Senator Sanders? oh right, that would actually limit the power of the federal government and return it to the states and we can't have that, right Senator?

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Repeal the 17th Amendment and the Reapportionment Act of 1929!

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where's the amendment to repeal the 17th Amendment, Senator Sanders? oh right, that would actually limit the power of the federal government and return it to the states and we can't have that, right Senator?

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The 17th Amendment was one of the worst mistakes this country ever made.

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