Would it be possible to have a constitutional amendment

[doc03]

that overturns the Citizens United decision?

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. Yes.

Likely, no.

[H2O Man]

5. Correct.

It requires changing the way people view the SC decision. It may seem that most people could and should see it for what it is. But it has not reached that point yet.

[MineralMan]

2. No. Not possible in the current Congress.

It ain't happening. Now, if we could get a 2/3 majority in both houses of Congress, maybe. Shall we try in 2012? I'm game.

[brooklynite]

3. ...and 3/4 of the States.

How many Red States would go along?

[doc03]

6. I guess that means we are screwn n/t

[damntexdem]

4. It would be much easier to appoint better SCOTUS members.

Although getting them through the Senate would be a real task in itself.

[doc03]

10. I would think you could impeach them for openly

supporting right wing groups. Aren't they supposed to be impartial?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. Possible, yes. But only remotely.

Constitutional amendments are very, very difficult to get passed and take a long time. About 200 amendments are proposed in Congress every term, but in our entire history only 33 have received enough votes to go to the states for ratification, and only 27 have actually been ratified. So that's not a very realistic remedy. Our best hope is that some future Supreme Court will overturn the decision.

[suston96]

8. There is always this: see bold.......

Article V

The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress; provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate.

[pinto]

9. The Constitutional Amendment Process -

http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/constitution/

The Constitution provides that an amendment may be proposed either by the Congress with a two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate or by a constitutional convention called for by two-thirds of the State legislatures.

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A proposed amendment becomes part of the Constitution as soon as it is ratified by three-fourths of the States (38 of 50 States).

[Odin2005]

11. Ha, we don't even have fair elections, The PTB would NEVER allow it.

[elocs]

12. Sure, since constitutional amendments are so easy to get. A cakewalk. n/t