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RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That this Council calls upon the United States Congress to defend democracy from the undue influence of corporations by passing and sending to the states for ratification a constitutional amendment which overturns the Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and establishes that: | RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That this Council calls upon the United States Congress to defend democracy from the undue influence of corporations by passing and sending to the states for ratification a constitutional amendment which overturns the Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and establishes that:<blockquote>1. Only human beings, not corporations, are endowed with constitutional rights, and</blockquote><blockquote>:2. Money is not speech, and therefore regulating political contributions and spending is not equivalent to limiting political speech.</blockquote> | ||
1. Only human beings, not corporations, are endowed with constitutional rights, and | |||
2. Money is not speech, and therefore regulating political contributions and spending is not equivalent to limiting political speech. | |||
Revision as of 22:17, 26 August 2019
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That this Council calls upon the United States Congress to defend democracy from the undue influence of corporations by passing and sending to the states for ratification a constitutional amendment which overturns the Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and establishes that:
1. Only human beings, not corporations, are endowed with constitutional rights, and
:2. Money is not speech, and therefore regulating political contributions and spending is not equivalent to limiting political speech.