Stephan: This is just the first fledgling effort of what I think will be a growing trend, particularly if Obama is re-elected. Getting rid of Citizen's United would be immeasurably helped if the Democrats controlled both houses, and the White House. It will never happen in a Republican administration because it favors the wealthy and gives them vast power to command the political process.
It should be clear to the meanest intelligence that Citizens United has fundamentally changed our country -- for the worse. The effect has been horrific. Just stop and think that something like 80 per cent of the Republican primaries were funded by 196 individuals. There are three hundred and eleven million people in the United States. Is that your idea of democracy in action?
The Senate Constitution Subcommittee will hold a hearing on constitutional amendments aimed at overturning the Supreme Court’s controversial Citizens United decision on July 17, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) announced on Thursday.
‘The devastating effects of the Court’s divisive decision in Citizens United are already being felt in states and communities across the country,