If New Mexico can do it, why can’t Arizona?

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

I have previously posted about the Move to Amend effort to pass resolutions by local governments calling on Congress to amend the Constitution to overturn Citizens United v. FEC and its holding that "corporations are people" that can spend unlimited amounts of money on campaigns, and the Court's earlier rulings that "money is speech."  I encouraged you to contact your Arizona legislators to support a resolution by the Arizona legislature.

Well someone was listening, only it was the New Mexico legislature. New Mexico calls on Congress to overturn Citizens United ruling:

The New Mexico state legislature has approved a resolution that urges the U.S. Congress to pass a constitutional amendment to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United v. FEC.

“This marks a major victory for the constitutional amendment movement to reclaim our democracy,” said John Bonifaz, director of Free Speech for People, a coalition of groups that oppose the controversial ruling.

“The Citizens United ruling presents a direct and serious threat to the integrity of our elections, unleashing a torrent of corporate money into our political process,” he added. “The ruling is also the most extreme extension yet of a corporate rights doctrine which has been eroding our First Amendment and our US Constitution for the past 30 years. As with prior egregious Supreme Court rulings which threatened our democracy, we the people must exercise our power under Article V of the Constitution to enact a constitutional amendment which will preserve the promise of American self-government: of, for, and by the people.”

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New Mexico is the second state to call for such a constitutional amendment. Hawaii passed a similar resolution in April 2010. A number of cities, including Los Angeles and New York City, have passed similar resolutions as well.

As long as the Arizona legislature is in session it is always possible with a "strike everything amendment" to insert the resolution into a previous bill. I want our legislators on record in a recorded vote where they stand on a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United v. FEC.