AZ HCR2049

Concurrent resolution expressing legislative support for placing a ballot measure before Arizona voters to instruct congressional representatives to propose a federal constitutional amendment repealing the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010) decision.

Asserts that corporations are not natural persons and should not possess constitutional rights equivalent to individuals, citing that they are not mentioned in the U.S. Constitution and possess special legal privileges unavailable to real people.

Argues the Citizens United decision threatens representative democracy by allowing unlimited corporate spending in elections, reversing previous campaign finance restrictions and enabling corporate influence over electoral processes and public policy.

States that money constitutes property rather than speech and proposes a constitutional amendment limiting political spending to ensure all citizens have equal opportunity to express political views regardless of wealth.

Cites 80 percent public opposition to Citizens United according to a February 2010 Washington Post-ABC News poll and invokes Article V of the U.S. Constitution as the mechanism to correct what the Legislature considers a fundamentally flawed Supreme Court decision.