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MN SF4371
Bill
Status
3/16/2020
Primary Sponsor
Matt Klein
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AI Summary
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Requests Congress propose a constitutional amendment to overturn the Citizens United v. FEC Supreme Court decision and clarify that constitutional rights belong only to natural persons, not artificial entities.
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Proposes amendment language limiting constitutional protections to natural persons only and denying separate constitutional rights to entities established by law, including corporations and organizations.
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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 and prevent money from conferring disproportionate influence in elections.
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Requires public disclosure of all permissible political contributions and expenditures.
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Directs Minnesota's Secretary of State to transmit copies of the resolution to Congress leadership, the U.S. Secretary of State, and Minnesota's federal representatives.
Legislative Description
Resolution memorializing Congress to overturn the United States Supreme Court decision Citizens United v. FEC; requesting that Congress clarify that the rights protected under the Constitution are the rights of natural persons and not the rights of artificial entities and that spending money to influence elections is not speech under the First Amendment asking that Congress propose a constitutional amendment to provide such clarification
Last Action
Author added Wiklund
4/23/2020