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pzxc
First state in the nation to do it (a few others are trying), a few days ago the Hawaii legislature passed, and today the Governor signed, a bill saying that CORPORATIONS DO NOT HAVE THE POWER TO BUY POLITICAL ADS

This takes PAC and SuperPAC money out of politics (at least in Hawaii) and gets around the 2010 Supreme Court ruling Citizens United vs FEC.

AnimalMuppet
"Gets around"? Or places a state restriction on what the Supreme Court is going to consider to be "free speech"?

I expect this to be appealed to the Supreme Court, and for it to be ruled unconstitutional there.

java-man
This should be in the U.S. Constitution.