Hillary’s Support for a Constitutional Amendment Reflects Widespread Recognition That Democracy Is Being Co-Opted By Billionaires and Corporations
Statement of Robert Weissman, President, Public Citizen
Note: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton today announced four campaign planks, one being to “fix our dysfunctional political system and get unaccountable money out of politics once and for all, even if that requires a constitutional amendment.”
Hillary Clinton today not only expresses support for a constitutional amendment to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision and restore our democracy, she makes it a central pillar of her campaign. This move reflects the basic reality – recognized by the vast majority of Americans – that our democracy is being stripped away by a handful of Citizens United-enabled billionaires and giant corporations. It is also directly responsive to a rising grassroots movement demanding that the Constitution be amended to overturn Citizens United and restore We the People as sovereign.
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April 16, 2015 @ 6:00 am
[…] UNITED TO GET MONEY OUT – Public Citizen President Robert Weissman lauded presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s announcement Tuesday that getting money out of […]
April 18, 2015 @ 2:03 pm
Good for her. Now, we’ll just have to wait and see what happens.
April 18, 2015 @ 2:09 pm
Well this should annoy the Tealiban and the GOP in big way !
It’s time for this nonsense to come to an end, Now all thats left is for the Democrats to demand that Churches where Preachers and Priests tell the Parishioners whom to vote for Pay Taxes lie any other Corporation !
April 18, 2015 @ 2:17 pm
My problem with her actually endorsement is that her past has only demonstrated being a big wall Street supporter & she also is invested in & supports GMO Corporations. I think she’s going to promise anything that people want to hear, & then like Obama do the opposite.
April 18, 2015 @ 4:33 pm
I send an ENORMOUS BRAVO AND THANK YOU to Hillary Clinton!
April 18, 2015 @ 5:10 pm
Doesn’t a Constitutional Amendment require 3/4 of Congresspeople to approve? If true, promising that Constitutional Amendment is equivalent to supporting nothing.
April 18, 2015 @ 9:05 pm
Bet it’s just lip service.
April 18, 2015 @ 10:17 pm
I want to see the wording of the Amendment she says she would support. Enough ‘talk’ of the walk.