Indeed we should pass a Constitutional Amendment to reverse the Citizens United travesty. But it isn’t necessary to fix the campaign finance system!

A not-well-known clause of the Constitution (Article III) allows congress to set its own rules for salaries and campaign contributions, but no congressman wants to go there. They like the system broken, and like that they can blame the Supreme Court for their woes. And most political bribes filter down to the mainstream media, so don’t expect them to fight the corruption.

U.S. Constitution Article III, section 2, clause 2:

In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make.

It limits congressional election control to congress itself — and not the co-equal Supreme Court — and today’s congress has the power to ignore or reverse Citizen’s United and even the 1976 Buckley v. Veleo decision as it relates to congress taking cash bribes. That is, IF it wants to!!!

We have three co-equal branches of government, not one over the other!

The Court cannot control congress OR the executive branch. These co-equal branches can set their own rules of conduct.

See http://moneyouttapolitics.org for more details.

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Jack Lohman
jelohman@gmail.com
http://MoneyedPoliticians.net
http://SinglePayer.info

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