There’s apparently no time to waste for some who disagree with the Supreme Court’s opinion in Citizens United. Peter Shane drafted this constitutional amendment to overrule Citizens United and Bellotti. Sec. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Constitution, Congress may prohibit or otherwise regulate political contributions and expenditures by commercial, for-profit corporations for any […]
Day: January 23, 2010
Globe attacks Supreme Court on corporate personhood
This Boston Globe editorial disagrees with the holdings of Citizens United. The full impact of this week’s decision is hard to predict, for changes in the campaign-finance system play out in unpredictable ways. What’s clear now is that the Supreme Court had a choice between protecting the influence of real individuals and maximizing the influence […]
Responding to the President’s Weekly Address on Citizens United
Ken Klukowski responds to the President’s weekly address in this piece today. Obama then ends with a warning, saying that he will go to Congress to craft a “forceful response to this decision.” That sounds like a threat. And every American should be worried when the president of the United States starts threatening the Supreme […]