Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Citizens united amendment

  • It will take a constitutional amendment to reverse the flood of independent money inundating American elections in the aftermath of the US Supreme Court's controversial Citizens United decision, a Senate Judiciary subcommittee was told on Tuesday.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • Opponents of Citizens United, the controversial Supreme Court decision that leading Democratic members of Congress argued a constitutional amendment was necessary to overturn the measure.
  • (Marketwatch)
  • A Chicago alderman on Monday was set to officially unveil a new resolution opposing the Supreme Courts 2010 ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. Ald.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • It further reads, with mangled grammar, that the amendment provides that a citizens right to express their religious requires public schools to display the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution.
  • (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
  • To a layman, the provisions of the 15th Amendment — which in 1870 established voting right for blacks in the United States — seem straightforward. Section 1.
  • (The Ledger)
  • to redouble his efforts to invalidate the Citizens United ruling. Baucus has introduced legislation that would amend the Constitution to restore Congress authority to regulate corporate political expenditures.
  • (Great Falls Tribune)
  • Ald. Joe Moore will hold a special hearing at City Hall next Monday to propose a resolution calling for a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United v.
  • (NBC Chicago)
  • The proposed amendment would negate the U.S. Supreme Courts Citizens United decision.
  • (NBCNews.com)

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