Don't we have grounds to re-litigate Citizens United?

[Scrivener7]

Didn't at least one of the Supreme Court imbeciles famously say in his decision that corporations and special interests clearly wouldn't use it to buy elections?

That has turned out to be patently untrue.

Can we use that to bring the issue back up at the SC after this cursed administration has been relegated to the shit-can of history?

[SSJVegeta]

1. This court wouldnt cosider it unless a lower court contrradicted their previous ruling

[303squadron]

2. Forget SCOTUS

Corporations exist as State and not Federal entities. All you have to do is for legislatures to pass a law saying corporations cannot engage in political elections.

It can be done. Robert Reich has discussed this.

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united

[Scrivener7]

3. I remember reading that. And if you get Delaware to do it, you get something like 80% of them.

That probably is the better first step. But let's do both.

[Takket]

4. You would think so, but we are an oligarchy now

And the oligarchs control SCOTUS who makes those decisions.

[LastDemocratInSC]

5. The referees on the field are owned by the football teams.

[MineralMan]

6. That's not the question:

The question is: Do "we" have standing to bring such a case? The answer is: Very unlikely.

[c-rational]

7. I believe the better play to make Citizens United irrelevant is the States' play wherby they rule

corporations are not allowed to make politicl contributions. There is a bill in CA for this right now. If Newsome backs it and it passes, it will neuter Ctizens United if I undderstand correctly.

[Farmer-Rick]

8. If Congress would stop letting the filthy-rich

Control them, they could merely pass legislation that would take the teeth out of Citizen United.

They could increase transparency laws so that dark money doesn't flow so readily. This is how Putin, Israel and the Saudis buy elections. They could put teeth into laws that punish those who coordinate super pacs and pacs with candidates.

Existing laws need to be fully enforced, which has been a longstanding challenge at the federal level thanks to dysfunction at the Federal Election Commission. And the FEC needs to be beefed up, expanded and prioritized.

I find it interesting that everything the dancing Supremes said wouldn't happen when they opened the flood gates on campaign funding did happen. Shows how stupid they are.