▲ 1387 ▼ Hawaii just entirely removed corporations' power to spend money in politics. This could be a game changer for US democracy. (www.youtube.com) submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Canconda@lemmy.ca to c/upliftingnews@lemmy.world 180 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://www.americanprogress.org/article/addressing-questions-surrounding-hawaiis-bold-move-to-undo-citizens-united/ https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYSEGhzgHKv/ CONTACT YOUR STATE LEVEL REPRESENTATIVE NOW!! https://www.ncsl.org/legislative-leaders/state-legislative-leaders
[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago (2 children) I think the reason for it is if they had it take effect now it would be appealed to USSC and then stayed anyway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] nosuchanon@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago Yeah. Makes sense. Still, should make the change effective immediately. This is the equivalent of “we’re going to fix the problem next time” permalink fedilink source parent [–] InputZero@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago It'll never be enforced, and the Hawaii Democrats know it. I guarantee you that before the year is out the USSC will rull from the shadow docket that this is unconstitutional. Like, what type of federal government do you think is in power right now? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nosuchanon@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago Yeah. Makes sense. Still, should make the change effective immediately. This is the equivalent of “we’re going to fix the problem next time” permalink fedilink source parent
[–] InputZero@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago It'll never be enforced, and the Hawaii Democrats know it. I guarantee you that before the year is out the USSC will rull from the shadow docket that this is unconstitutional. Like, what type of federal government do you think is in power right now? permalink fedilink source parent