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We support the passage of a Constitutional Amendment overturning the Citizens United decision in order to prohibit corporate campaign donations and corporate lobbying.
This is what politics is REALLY like...
Section 1.
Artificial Entities Such as Corporations Do Not Have Constitutional Rights
The rights protected by the Constitution of the United States are the rights of natural persons only. Artificial entities established by the laws of any State, the United States, or any foreign state shall have no rights under this Constitution and are subject to regulation by the People, through Federal, State, or local law.
The privileges of artificial entities shall be determined by the People, through Federal, State, or local law, and shall not be construed to be inherent or inalienable.
Section 2. Money is Not Free Speech
Federal, State, and local government shall regulate, limit, or prohibit contributions and expenditures, including a candidate's own contributions and expenditures, to ensure that all citizens, regardless of their economic status, have access to the political process, and that no person gains, as a result of their money, substantially more access or ability to influence in any way the election of any candidate for public office or any ballot measure. Federal, State, and local government shall require that any permissible contributions and expenditures be publicly disclosed. The judiciary shall not construe the spending of money to influence elections to be speech under the First Amendment.
Section 3.
Nothing in this amendment shall be construed to abridge freedom of the press.
"We the People" must clearly establish that all campaign contributions must be disclosed and allow for no loopholes.
We agree with the 2016 Democrat Party Platform (EVEN IF THEY DON'T):
"Our vision ... is a nation in which all people, regardless of their income, can participate in the political process and can run for office without needing to depend on large contributions from the wealthy and the powerful. [We deserve] a government that represents the American people, not just a handful of powerful and wealthy special interests."
"We are stronger when we protect citizens’ right to vote, while stopping corporations’ outsized influence in elections. We will fight to end the broken campaign finance system, overturn the disastrous Citizens United decision, restore the full power of the Voting Rights Act, and return control of our elections to the American people."
"Our vision ... is a nation in which all people, regardless of their income, can participate in the political process and can run for office without needing to depend on large contributions from the wealthy and the powerful. [We deserve] a government that represents the American people, not just a handful of powerful and wealthy special interests."
"We are stronger when we protect citizens’ right to vote, while stopping corporations’ outsized influence in elections. We will fight to end the broken campaign finance system, overturn the disastrous Citizens United decision, restore the full power of the Voting Rights Act, and return control of our elections to the American people."
Should there be a 5-year ban on White House and Congressional officials from becoming lobbyists after they leave the government?
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