AZ HCR2018

Concurrent resolution expressing support for allowing Arizona citizens to vote on instructing their congressional representatives to propose a U.S. constitutional amendment repealing the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision.

Resolution contends that Citizens United wrongly granted corporations constitutional rights as "persons" and allowed unlimited corporate spending in elections, undermining democratic self-government and creating an unequal political playing field.

Resolution argues that money is property, not speech, and that constitutional limits on campaign spending are necessary to ensure all citizens have equal opportunity to be heard regardless of wealth.

Resolution calls for the next regular general election ballot to include a proposal allowing Arizona voters to instruct their congressional representatives to support a constitutional amendment overturning Citizens United.

Resolution cites opposition from the public (80 percent of Americans in 2010 poll), previous Supreme Court precedents, and Article V of the Constitution as basis for empowering citizens to correct what the resolution characterizes as an egregiously wrong Supreme Court decision.