Under normal circumstances, when people talk about amending the Constitution, I just roll my eyes. But, this is different:
Today, Senator Chuck Schumer announced that the Senate will vote this year on a constitutional amendment to reverse the Supreme Court rulings in Citizens United and McCutcheon v. F.E.C.. The idea would be to give back states and the federal government the power to regulate campaign contributions that was taken away by those rulings.
Yes, I know that it won’t go anywhere anytime soon. But you have to start somewhere. And making the bastards vote for plutocracy in the most explicit way possible is a smart thing to do. The movement to pass this amendment, should one arise, would attract people for all sides of the political spectrum. After all, we have 99% of the population to choose from.
