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Rep. Souza, with the power of her voice and words, may have just fundamentally altered the landscape of North American democracy by entirely removing corporations' power to spend on politics in Hawaii

5 months ago by Canaconda to c/witchesvspatriarchy

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5,278 likes, 154 comments - americanprogress on May 13, 2026: "Hawaii Rep. Souza: "Power belongs to people, not corporations, especially political power." It's time to undo the damage caused by #CitizensUnited.".
Canconda 18 points 5 months ago

The power to create and limit corporations has been the exclusive power of States for 200 years and upheld multiple times in SCOTUS.

Lets fuckin GO!

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LurkingLuddite 18 points 5 months ago

In before this scotus proves for the 200th time that they do not care about precedent.

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Canconda -4 points 5 months ago

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LurkingLuddite 12 points 5 months ago

They've already corrupted and ignored the constitution dozens of times, too...

Do you really think a piece of paper is going to stop the rich from finishing taking control??

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Canconda -3 points 5 months ago

Yes but this is fundamentally different.

SCOTUS can rule but what is their enforcement mechanism if states decide to ignore the ruling? What does SCOTUS have but other pieces of paper.

If SCOTUS tries to repeal State Powers enshrined in the constitution they risk State Supreme Courts taking the unprecedented step of finding such a ruling illegitimate. Opening the floodgates for State Supreme Courts to determine the legitimacy of every SCOTUS ruling individually.

It would massively undermine their already waning authority.

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Smaile 1 point 5 months ago

Your not getting it. Donald and his group doesn't care about law and order

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Canconda -3 points 5 months ago

Just because you have given up and given in doesn't mean I don't get it. Actually quite the opposite.

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Smaile 5 points 5 months ago

I fear for her life, people who do things like this don't last long with old elites still milling about.

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Canconda 1 point 5 months ago

This is why we need to replicate this beyond Hawaii.

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tja 4 points 5 months ago

Eli5?

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Canconda -4 points 5 months ago

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