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MN HF3022
Bill
Status
4/23/2012
Primary Sponsor
Bill Hilty
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AI Summary
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Minnesota applies to Congress to call a constitutional convention to propose a constitutional amendment limiting constitutional rights to natural persons only, excluding artificial entities such as corporations and limited liability companies.
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Artificial entities established by state, federal, or foreign law would have no constitutional rights and would be subject to regulation by federal, state, or local government.
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Federal, state, and local governments would be authorized to regulate, limit, or prohibit contributions and expenditures for elections, including candidates' own contributions and expenditures.
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Spending money to influence elections would not be construed as speech protected by the First Amendment, though freedom of the press would be preserved.
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Minnesota's Secretary of State is directed to transmit copies of this resolution to Congress, the President, the Senate, and Minnesota's congressional delegation.
Legislative Description
Personhood and campaign contributions; application to Congress to call a constitutional convention to propose amendments to the Constitution of the United States clarifying that the rights protected under the United States Constitution are the rights of natural persons and not the rights of artificial entities and clarifying that campaign contributions to influence elections are not speech under the First Amendment.
Last Action
Author added Laine
4/24/2012