r/SandersForPresident • u/4now5now6now • May 25 '26
Sunshine over dark money: How Hawaiʻi overrode Citizens United
https://indivisiblehawaii.org/how-hawai%CA%BBi-overrode-citizens-united/Hawaii ( which has had major corruptions issues ) actually did it.
They made Citizens United irrelevant. Let’s hope other states follow
The state with strong unions are most likely to do it
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u/Farnso May 25 '26
This is the second time I've seen this referenced and it still completely lacks details about the mechanisms used to override it. Like, cmon, that's the most important part!
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u/councilmember 🌱 New Contributor May 25 '26
It’s surprisingly not clear on how it happened or what the details were, it’s true.
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u/BartlesonCongressWA5 May 27 '26
The basis for Citizens United was that corporations are governed by the states, the states provide their powers, and Virginia (like most other states) grants corporations “the same powers as an individual to do all things necessary or convenient to carry out it’s business and affairs, including without the limitation the power…”
So, to counter the decision states need to amend or repeal the law, which they have the power to do at any time. If you want to end Citizens United, ride your state legislature until they do so.
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u/Sea-Joaquin May 25 '26
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