FL Democratic Congressman introduces pro-’Occupy’ amendment to Constitution

[DreamSmoker]

Democratic Florida Congressional Rep. Ted Deutch has proposed an amendment to the Constitution of the United States outlawing corporate money in politics and ending so-called “corporate personhood”, according to Talking Points Memo.

If passed, the amendment would overturn the Supreme Court’s “Citizens United” decision, restoring caps on corporate election spending and rescinding the right of for-profit business interests to receive the same protections as citizens under the First Amendment. The amendment is called the “Outlawing Corporate Cash Undermining Public Interest in our Elections and Democracy”, or OCCUPIED.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/11/19/fl-dem-congressman-introduces-pro-occupy-amendment-to-constitution/

http://teddeutch.house.gov/UploadedFiles/DEUTCH_036_xml.pdf

[Scuba]

1. Good start, keep going. Publicly funded elections. In my humble opinion...

... this doesn't go far enough. It doesn't seem like it will stop the Kochs.

[meow2u3]

2. He doesn't go far enough IMO

Only two amendments are missing: one expressly affording the people an affirmative right to vote and have their votes counted as cast, and another removing barriers to ballot access and requiring media outlets to provide free air time for the purpose of political discourse.

The right-to-vote amendment would pick up where the 24th amendment left off, outlawing voter suppression tactics like photo ID laws, as well as riggable, hackable voting machines. The ballot access amendment would make it easier to run for office because it would remove the barrier known as money.

[roguevalley]

3. another future husband. the list is getting long. :)

[Zorra]

4. KNR

[HopeHoops]

5. K&R