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MN HF276
Bill
Status
1/31/2013
Primary Sponsor
Raymond Dehn
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AI Summary
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Requests Congress propose a constitutional amendment establishing that constitutional rights belong only to natural persons, not artificial entities such as corporations and LLCs.
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Applies to Congress to call a constitutional convention if Congress fails to propose substantially similar amendment language within the specified timeframe.
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Prohibits judiciary from construing spending money to influence elections as speech protected by the First Amendment.
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Authorizes federal, state, and local governments to regulate, limit, or prohibit campaign contributions and expenditures to ensure equal political access regardless of economic status, with mandatory public disclosure of permissible contributions and expenditures.
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Directs Minnesota's Secretary of State to transmit copies of the resolution to Congressional leadership, the President, Senate leadership, the U.S. Secretary of State, and Minnesota's Congressional delegation.
Legislative Description
Constitutional amendments; a resolution requesting Congress propose a constitutional amendment and if not, applying to Congress to call a constitutional convention to propose an amendment clarifying that the rights protected under the Constitution are the rights of natural persons and not artificial entities, and that spending money to influence elections is not speech under the First Amendment.
Last Action
Author added Allen
5/8/2014