Citizens United & Amending the Constitution

Common Cause is calling on Governors Jeb Bush and Scott Walker to level with Republican primary voters and obey campaign finance laws as they explore running for President. In letters sent to each on Friday we urged them to acknowledge the obvious – that they’re actively pursuing a potential candidacy – and to stop sidestepping laws that put limits on fundraising by declared candidates and those who are “testing the waters.”

Presidential hopefuls are trying to pull a fast one on us by claiming that they are “non-candidates,” because campaign finance laws impose strict fundraising limitations on prospects who are “testing the waters” and on declared candidates.

Common Cause called on prospective presidential candidates today to abide by the nation’s campaign finance laws and follow rules governing fundraising while “testing the waters” for a 2016 campaign.

Last night, I spoke with Thom Hartmann about how Sen. Robert Menendez's indictment for corruption exposes the faulty reasoning behind the Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United and how we can fix that decision's corrosive influence in our democracy.

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The CRomnibus appropriations bill that became law in December attracted attention for rolling back an element of the Dodd-Frank financial reform, but perhaps just as important were the changes to campaign finance law.