Posted on 02/25/2010 4:26:30 PM PST by opentalk
Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) introduced a constitutional amendment today to overrule a recent Supreme Court decision on campaign spending.
The court ruled 5-4 last month in Citizens United v. FEC that Congress cannot regulate independent expenditures by corporations and possibly labor unions. The ruling could dramatically increase third party spending on elections.
Dodd's amendment, co-sponsored by Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) would explicitly grant Congress the authority to regulate campaign fundraising and expenditures for federal elections.
The amendment would also let states regular such activity in their own elections.
"I strongly disagree with the Supreme Court’s conclusion that money is speech, and that corporations should be treated the same as individual Americans when it comes to protected, fundamental speech rights,” Dodd said in a statement.
Dodd and Udall said they will also support "interim legislative efforts" to damper the impact of the ruling, including requirements that corporations disclose their campaign spending.
To pass, Dodd's amendment must pass both Houses with a two-thirds majority and be ratified by three-quarters of the states.
Let’s see that would be ratified by Maryland, California, Michagen, Massachusetts and New Jersey !
This move shows just how much the Left depends on restricting free speech and support of candidates in order to prevail. They are scared out of their gourds. They must be expecting to not only lose, but to have an SOLID Impeachment-Capable conservative majority...which will start impeaching the communists and their fellow travellers out of the 9th Circuit and elsewhere, such as in the State Dept., Obama’s Czars..and maybe the annointed one himself...
Sorry. Posted this on the wrong article.
Nationalizing America, one step at a time.
This guy is delusional, there is no way this has enough nationwide support to amend the Constitution. Why not just obumber add it to the Constitution with and executive order.
Why do only Dems have a problem with that ruling?
Same book; different chapter.
“Also this ruling may help level the playing field against SOROS money-funding of 527 groups”
I think you may be on to something. Goes to show how long they’ve been planning this little coup.
Like that’s got a chance of getting 2/3rds in both houses.
Like most commies, Dodd has a real problem with freedom of speech.
This is from Big Governement Why Obama Hates the Recent SCOTUS Decision
The administration had big plans for limiting free speech on talk radio, the internet, Fox News and any other conservative outlets they don’t like. This decision took the wind out of their sails.
If the law had stayed they could have used it as a weapon against candidates in elections. Scalia noted that books, TV shows, movies could all be banned as a result. Notice which party likes to ban such things. Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 911 could have been banned under the law, but it wasn’t. Despite the fact it was not only false on so many fronts, it was critical of a sitting president during wartime. But Bush let it go. But the FEC, which had Democrats in it at the time, banned the Citizens United Hillary documentary.
Problem solved!
-PJ
That makes sense. All the more reason to kick out the incumbants.
“Dodd’s amendment, co-sponsored by Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) would explicitly grant Congress the authority to regulate campaign fundraising and expenditures for federal elections. “
Veto! I don’t want no incompetents crippling their opposition financially.
That is the end of true democracy and the security of a “political power class”.
As it happens there are NO Federal Elections in the United States, never have been any and God willing never will be any.
I hope this proposal gets submitted to the States for ratification. The States would overwhelmingly reject it and the Democommies would be crushed in the midterm elections.
Thank God the founders made it so difficult to mess with the constitution. This is eye candy for the DUmmies. Can you imagine with the current makeup of congress and the white house if the could open up a constitutional convention? Makes me shudder.
That's too intelligent to pass this Congress.
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