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GoLeft TV

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Mon Jul 16, 2012, 02:50 PM Jul 2012

Papantonio: Repeal Citizens’ United To Save Democracy

Recently, in areas across the country, rallies were held to support resolutions to overturn the Supreme Court’s decision in the Citizen United case – a case that has allowed billions of dollars of corporate money to dominate our election process and buy our democracy. Mike Papantonio talks about these campaigns to overturn Citizens United with Mark Hays, the coordinator of the Democracy is for People Campaign.



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Papantonio: Repeal Citizens’ United To Save Democracy (Original Post) GoLeft TV Jul 2012 OP
SCOTUS appointment or an Amendment. longship Jul 2012 #1

longship

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1. SCOTUS appointment or an Amendment.
Mon Jul 16, 2012, 03:49 PM
Jul 2012

A bill signed by the President won't do it, since the current SCOTUS would just declare it unconstitutional.

The only solutions is to either change the court and hope for a case, or amend the Constitution to define personhood, or some such thing.

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