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This Joint Resolution is a formal request from the New Mexico Legislature to the United States Congress to convene a constitutional convention, a process outlined in Article 5 of the U.S. Constitution, which requires applications from two-thirds of state legislatures. The primary and sole purpose of this proposed convention would be to propose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would specifically limit the concept of "corporate personhood," meaning that corporations would not be treated as individuals with the same constitutional rights, particularly in the context of campaign finance and political speech. The resolution also aims to establish that money itself is not considered speech and can therefore be regulated by law, directly addressing the implications of the Supreme Court's decision in *Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission* (2010), which affirmed that corporations have First Amendment rights to political spending. This application for a convention is intended to remain active until a sufficient number of other states make similar requests for a similarly limited convention, and it explicitly restricts the scope of the convention to this single issue, preventing Congress from expanding its agenda.