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This bill is a resolution urging the United States Congress to propose a constitutional amendment to address the Supreme Court's Citizens United v. FEC decision, which the bill argues has undermined democratic principles by granting corporations constitutional rights and treating political spending as a form of free speech. The proposed amendment would establish four key provisions: (1) constitutional rights would be exclusively for natural persons, (2) artificial entities like corporations would have no separate constitutional rights beyond their members and would be subject to regulation, (3) governments would be empowered to regulate political contributions to ensure equal access to the political process regardless of economic status, and (4) all political contributions would be required to be publicly disclosed. The resolution stems from concerns that recent Supreme Court rulings have effectively given corporations more political power than individual citizens, potentially undermining the democratic principle of government "of the people, by the people, and for the people." If passed, the resolution would direct Minnesota's Secretary of State to send copies of the resolution to key federal government officials, including Congressional leadership and Minnesota's congressional delegation, to advocate for this constitutional amendment.

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https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF2335&ssn=0&y=2025