HI SCR22

Urges Hawaii's congressional delegation to propose and pass a constitutional amendment clarifying that corporations are not people with constitutional rights and unlimited campaign spending is not free speech.

Cites the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision as reversing previous limits on corporate spending in electoral processes and threatening democratic self-government.

References the 1990 Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce ruling recognizing corporate wealth accumulations as a threat to republican government, and notes the Court's subsequent reversal of those protections in Citizens United.

Notes that corporations possess special legal advantages such as limited liability and perpetual life that allow them to amass and spend substantial sums on campaign messages with greater reach than individual communications.

Requires certified copies of the resolution be transmitted to Hawaii's congressional delegation, the Governor, and county mayors.