Hillary Clinton Pledges Constitutional Amendment To Overturn Citizens United In Her First 30 Days
The amendment is part of a series of proposals to increase transparency in campaign funding.
07/16/2016 11:01 am 11:01:54 |
Updated 4 days ago
Hillary Clinton announced on Saturday that she would introduce a constitutional amendment within the first 30 days of her presidency to overturn the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision, which paved the way for unlimited corporate, union and individual spending on elections.
Clinton unveiled her plan in a video at Netroots, an annual progressive gathering taking place this year in St. Louis.
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So, when I first heard this, my immediate response was I guess I have to vote for Clinton now. Any of the more recent posters here, know I am possibly the #1 Hillary hater in the WR. For some of the older posters, you understand why I would say, that now I am leaning towards voting for Hillary, as there has been no one more outspoken over bought and paid for politicians then myself.
I think we can take our country back if we reform lobbying and campaign finance, and I think that trying to fix anything else first, is a fool's errand.
I recently hit a snag here in my rational however. She only had me 9/10ths of the way there, as I need to see her put this into her stump speech, so that if she backs off this promise, she will be guaranteeing herself as a one term president.
Then yesterday it hit me. What if she does fight to overturn Citizens United, but cuts a deal for disclosure, instead of banning private money from elections.
Disclosure to me, is the most dangerous outcome, as it gives people the illusion that we know what is going on, and have done something to address the problem.
So, now I am torn. Bernie made this deal. He thinks this is the best bet. He has more knowledge on how these backroom deals go down then I do.
On the other hand, Clinton could be Pandora's box on this issue, cementing legal bribery into our system under the guise of disclosure.
Discuss......................