Merge Posts on the Repeal of Citizens United

[jancar144 (Jan Carpenter)]

Merge Posts on the Repeal of Citizens United

I propose that the following 11 policy proposals, about Repealing Citizens United Ruling, get merged:

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Written by @jancar144

Reverse Citizens United

The Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010) decision by the U.S. Supreme Court has caused a myriad of significant problems in our elections. The ruling allows unlimited corporate spending on elections (including unions and other entities) giving overwhelming influence to wealthy parties vs. individuals. The completely thwarts the idea of political equality. Wealth can overcome the voices of ordinary voters distorting public discourse. In addition, this can skew policies in favo…

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Written by @MistakeMade

Overturning Citizens United and Enforcing Transparency in Political Spending

In the 2010 Supreme Court case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Court ruled that the government cannot restrict independent expenditures for political communications by corporations, associations, or labor unions. The key findings were: First Amendment Protection for Corporate Speech: The Court held that corporate funding of independent political broadcasts in candidate elections cannot be limited under the First Amendment. The majority opinion stated that political speech i…

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Written by @RStevenson

Overturn Citizens United vs FEC

Overturning Citizens United v. FEC is essential to restoring the integrity of American democracy. The 2010 Supreme Court decision equated corporate spending with free speech, allowing unlimited political contributions from corporations and special interest groups. This has led to an outsized influence of wealthy entities in elections, drowning out the voices of everyday citizens. Democracy should be rooted in equal participation, not determined by financial power. Overturning Citizens United wou…

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Written by @Mahamonkey

Repeal Citizens United, the single greatest travesty ever imposed upon the American public

Citizens United afforded the same “rights” to corporations as citizens. It has enabled corporations to usurp the restrictions placed on individual voters in terms of financial contributions and given immeasurable power to the very institutions that look to enslave and weaken us. It is killing the US and the root of all of our issues. Until it is gone we are all walking ATMs. In perpetual servitude of our “corporate citizen” overlords. We are second class citizens limited in our reach based only…

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Written by @tito55

Ban Corporate Lobbying - Citizens United v. FEC

In the 2010 Supreme Court case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Court ruled that the government cannot restrict independent expenditures for political communications by corporations, associations, or labor unions. The key findings were: First Amendment Protection for Corporate Speech: The Court held that corporate funding of independent political broadcasts in candidate elections cannot be limited under the First Amendment. The majority opinion stated that political speech i…

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Written by @JohnHQ

Overturn Citizens United

Reposting another user’s post: Corporations are not people, and Super PACs (amongst many other threats), undermine the integrity of elections. The flood of money coming in through this loophole ensures that candidates are determined according to the whims of corporations rather than people. Corporations are not beholden to the people but to shareholders, by law. Therefore, their influence is undesirable. This is critically important.

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Written @TommyEuk

Repeal Citizens United And Other Campaign Law

Allow only individual contributions and not corporate contributions and Super PACs. Make the maximum contribution fair so that anyone could afford it. $6,600 which is the current max for independent candidates should apply to all candidates. This would get more people involved in the political process. We would have more then 2 candidates maybe 5-7. Where you would narrow the pool down is in the signature gathering process. Make the number larger in every state where it would show clearly that t…

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Written by @Trent

Re-limit unlimited donations

Citizens United removed donation limits and created unlimited donations to Super PACs. We need to craft policy to legally dismantle this unlimited game. We need to find a way to respect the first amendment that was used to open the unlimited donation floodgates with the Citizens United ruling. The unlimited donation policy is evil and bad for our country We should not completely remove donations, rather just limit them to remove dollars from the political landscape that creates terrible resul…

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Written by @KatGreen

Perversion of Democracy

Reverse “Citizens United” which deemed money “speech” and allowed unlimited Corporate Dollars to flood into politicians’ pockets, which functionally ended the concept of Government “By, For and Of the People,” through unlimited capital influence in our halls of power. We have been dealing with financial interests dominating public policy ever since this decision by SCOTUS. It is impossible to have actually impartial decisions on policy, law, & Government budgets & spending with the amount of…

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Written by @GagTheSystem

Campaign Finance Reform

Repeal Citizens United and replace with the following Campaign Finance Rules: New Campaign Finance Rules: The following rules shall apply to all elections: Individual Contribution Limit: There shall be no limit on the amount of money that an individual can contribute to a candidate. Disclosure Requirement: All contributions to a candidate must be publicly disclosed within 24 hours of receipt. Voter Eligibility Requirement: A candidate for office may only accept contributions from individuals…

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Written by @LarryHolmgren

Three New Constitutional Amendments needed

A NEW CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. 1. A Presidential, Line-Item Veto over the Federal Budget Such a Presidential veto could be over-ridden only by a ¾ vote or more (75+%) in both the House (327/435) and the Senate (75/100); whereas a simple 50% majority was required to pass that fiscal year budget as a whole). This Amendment will empower the President to put some specific limits to Congressional spending in the annual federal budget for each fiscal year, which begins each October 1st. A NEW CONS…

Explanation & Justification

Each of these policy suggestions relate to repealing Citizens United ruling of the Supreme Court and should be merged into one suggestion.

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