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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | CORRECTED |
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| 5 | 5 | | COPY |
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| 6 | 6 | | 2023 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIO N 82 |
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| 7 | 7 | | October 30, 2023 - Introduced by Senators SMITH, LARSON, CARPENTER, HESSELBEIN |
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| 8 | 8 | | and SPREITZER, cosponsored by Representatives SUBECK, J. ANDERSON, C. |
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| 9 | 9 | | ANDERSON, ANDRACA, BALDEH, BARE, BILLINGS, CABRERA, CONLEY, DRAKE, |
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| 10 | 10 | | EMERSON, JOERS, OHNSTAD, PALMERI, SHANKLAND, SHELTON, SINICKI, SNODGRASS |
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| 11 | 11 | | and JACOBSON. Referred to Committee on Licensing, Constitution and |
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| 12 | 12 | | Federalism. |
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| 13 | 13 | | Relating to: an advisory referendum on an amendment to the U.S. Constitution. |
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| 14 | 14 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 15 | 15 | | In the case of Citizens United v. F.E.C., the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that |
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| 16 | 16 | | corporations are “persons" for the purpose of political speech, thus allowing |
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| 17 | 17 | | corporations to make unlimited expenditures in political campaigns. The U.S. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Constitution grants Congress the power to propose amendments to the Constitution |
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| 19 | 19 | | that become effective when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the states. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Amendments can have the effect of overturning—in effect repealing—prior decisions |
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| 21 | 21 | | of the Supreme Court. This resolution places a question on the November 2024 ballot |
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| 22 | 22 | | to ask the people if Congress should propose an amendment to overturn Citizens |
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| 23 | 23 | | United v. F.E.C. |
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| 24 | 24 | | Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That the following |
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| 25 | 25 | | question be submitted, for advisory purposes only, to the voters of this state at the |
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| 26 | 26 | | general election to be held in November 2024: |
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| 27 | 27 | | QUESTION 1: Overturning Citizens United. “The U.S. Supreme Court's |
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| 28 | 28 | | decisions in Citizens United and related cases allow unlimited spending to influence |
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| 29 | 29 | | local, state, and federal elections. To allow all Americans to have an equal say in our |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2023 - 2024 Legislature |
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| 40 | 40 | | democracy, shall Wisconsin's congressional delegation support, and the Wisconsin |
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| 41 | 41 | | Legislature ratify, an amendment to the U.S. Constitution stating: |
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| 42 | 42 | | 1. Only human beings are endowed with constitutional rights—not |
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| 43 | 43 | | corporations, unions, nonprofit organizations, or other artificial entities; and |
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| 44 | 44 | | 2. Money is not speech, and therefore limiting political contributions and |
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| 45 | 45 | | spending is not equivalent to limiting political speech?" |
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