Jeff Clements, author and activist, called on citizens to support a Constitutional amendment overturning the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision and got a pledge Tuesday from a Sudbury state legislator to do just that.
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Obama Supports Constitutional Amendment on Campaign Finance ‘If Necessary’
Wall Street Journal Law Blog
By Sam Favate
February 7, 2012
The Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision — which struck down federal limits on political spending by corporations — is already one of the most significant factors in the 2012 elections.
The Citizens United catastrophe
New Mexico House Votes for a Constitutional Amendment to Over-rule Citizens United
Along with allied groups including Common Cause and the Center for Civic Policy, we won a major victory in New Mexico yesterday, when the State House of Representatives approved a memorial (a.k.a. resolution or bill) calling for a Constitutional Amendment to over-rule Citizens United. Here’s the story from our friends at the Center for Civic
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Senate President Describes Super-PACS as Destructive Force
By Kyle Cheney
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, JAN. 31, 2012…..Senate President Therese Murray said Tuesday that she would urge Congress to amend the U.S. Constitution to diminish the influence of corporate spending in elections, arguing the advent of so-called Super PACs is “destroying the civility of the political process.”
CITIZENS UNITED: New Mexico Lashes Back
Why campaign spending rules hurt small business
By David Brodwin, Special to CNN
CNN
January 26, 2012
(CNN) — Two years ago, the Supreme Court upended the rules for campaign finance, unleashing a tsunami of unregulated, unrestricted and undisclosed spending that has, in effect, allowed donors to buy elections. The full impact of this decision is just now becoming clear, and it’s bad both for America’s businesses and for our democracy.
Speaker makes case to overturn Citizens United
By Nancy Brumback/Special to the Town Crier
Wicked Local Sudbury
January 25, 2012
SUDBURY —