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Make lobbying illegal

• krapp 5y ago
  Lobbying is protected by the 1st Amendment (the right “to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”)
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  • Hokusai 5y ago
    1. It can still be made illegal, It just requires bigger changes. 2. I understand that what needs to be made illegal is some kinds of lobbying that includes financing parties, not all of it.
    • MaxBarraclough 5y ago
      It was the 2010 Citizens United v. FEC decision that decided campaign donations qualify as protected expression. Presumably it would take a constitutional amendment to change that. (The usual: I'm not a lawyer.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._FEC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._FEC