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A Resolution for the purpose of expressing the Council’s support of the letter from the Members of the Maryland General Assembly to the United States Congress to pass and send to the states for ratification a constitutional amendment to reverse Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and restore constitutional rights and fair elections to the people.
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A Resolution for the purpose of expressing the Council’s support of the letter from the Members of the Maryland General Assembly to the United States Congress to pass and send to the states for ratification a constitutional amendment to reverse Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and restore constitutional rights and fair elections to the people.
Background
In a 5-to-4- ruling, the Supreme Court in Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission lifted certain restrictions on corporate independent expenditures. The decision invalidated two provisions of the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) whereby it struck down the long-standing prohibition on corporations using their general treasury funds to make independent expenditures and prohibiting corporations from using their general treasury funds for electioneering communications. The proposed legislation expresses the Council’s support of the letter from the Members of the Maryland General Assembly to the United States Congress to propose and send to the states for ratification a constitutional amendment to reverse Citizens United and restore fair elections and democratic sovereignty to the states and the people.