While the Citizens United v. FEC ruling has taken a backseat to the other pressing issues of the day. I thought it interesting to see a local movement to try and stand up and fight back against the ruling.

From the Town of Greenburgh’s Democratic Committee:

WHEREAS, the recent Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. FEC ruled that corporate funding of candidate elections cannot be limited because corporations have the same First Amendment rights as “natural persons”; and

WHEREAS, corporations are not treated as “natural persons” in other respects under the law and have, among other advantages, limited liability privileges and favorable treatment for the accumulation and distribution of assets;

The Democratic Committee of the Town Of Greenburgh New York hereby;

RESOLVES, that it will exert all possible effort to urge the United States Congress and the New York State Legislature to pass legislation providing that all corporations which choose to exercise the privilege under Citizens United v. FEC to unlimited corporate funding of candidate elections and ballot questions have thereby waived their corporate privileges and immunities and may be treated as natural persons in all other respects.

Good for them! Now if they could get a resolution passed by the town board of Greenburgh, NY that would be another good step. The goal would be to get local municipalities throughout the state to pass similar resolutions which could then lead to a bill in Albany. Then it’s on to the US Congress!