Julia Conley is a staff writer for Common Dreams.
To end an era in which wealthy corporations and billionaires have been given free rein to spend nearly unlimited money on political campaigns, Democrats in the U.S. House on Thursday proposed a constitutional amendment that would overturn the hugely consequential Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision by U.S. Supreme Court, saying the ruling 'has dangerously eroded' the government's ability to serve the public interest.Reps.
In addition to overturning Citizens United, the Democrats aim to overturn the 'fundamental flaws' and legal precedents that underpinned the court's reasoning in 2010 and in 'an entire line of cases dating back to the 1976 Buckley v. Valeo decision, which prevented meaningful regulation of campaign expenditures by corporations and special interest groups.
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