Ending Citizens United

It’s good to see that the U.S. legislative world hasn’t forgotten about overturning, preferably via a Constitutional Amendment, the Supreme Court decision FEC v. Citizens United, that granted corporations free speech protection to donate as much as they want to our political campaigns, essentially undermining the will of the American people.

It’s been almost 13 years to the day since this decision came down, and it would be interesting to know what if anything in the political and economic climate has changed that may make things easier or harder on those supporting such an amendment.

The rich have most certainly gotten richer, and everyone else is struggling just to stay alive, so that probably doesn’t bode well. Neither does the fact that we have a GOP House majority that has a huge appetite for pleasing the super-wealthy and for inflicting cruelty to the common American.

Still, it’s heartening to see a few progressive congresspeople moving this forward.