NY Is So Close To Becoming The 17th State Calling To Overturn Citizens United Posted on September 18, 2015 (November 29, 2018) Democracy Amendments New York could become the 17th state to call for a constitutional amendment and the first state with a Republican controlled legislature in either house to do so. A bipartisan majority of the NY Assembly signed onto a letter to Congress, calling for an amendment to overturn the Citizens United ruling. Read More