http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/06/24/1309202/-California-Becomes-Second-State-to-Back-a-Constitutional-Amendment-Overturning-Citizens-United?detail=email
In a 23-11 vote on Monday,
the California State Senate passed a resolution calling upon Congress
to amend the U.S. Constitution and eliminate the notion that corporate
money equals First-Amendment-protected speech.
The resolution,
which explicitly calls upon Congress to convene a constitutional
convention pursuant to Article V of the Constitution, makes California
the second state, along with Vermont, to seek a legislative reversal of
'corporate personhood' enshrined in the Citizens United decision.
The California resolution argues for corporate rights to be narrowly
defined, noting that companies cannot vote in elections, and that money
should not be treated as a proxy for that right to vote:
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