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Have we finally reached the tipping point on corporate personhood, and the role of corporations in influencing U.S. elections?

By Mark | November 6, 2011

I never got around to mentioning it last week, but Democratic Senators Tom Udall, Michael Bennet, Tom Harkin, Dick Durbin, Chuck Schumer, Sheldon Whitehouse, and Jeff Merkely introduced a Constitutional amendment to reform campaign finance on Tuesday, which, if passed, would trump the Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision, which essentially made […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Corporate Crime, Politics | Also tagged 28th amendment, Boulder, campaign finance reform, Chuck Schumer, Citizens United, Constitutional Amendment to Reform Campaign Finance, corporate personhood, Jeff Merkely, Joel Skene, Michael Bennet, money as free speech, Move to Amend, Reagan Sova, Sheldon Whitehouse, Supreme Court, Thom Hartmann, Tom Harkin, Tom Udall | 7 Comments

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