La Cucaracha by Lalo Alcaraz for February 27, 2015
February 26, 2015
February 28, 2015
Transcript:
Cuco: Obama says he'd go for an amendment overturning the "citizens united" decision. Greedy billionaires are stealing our democracy by buying elections! Eddie: Time for the separation of Koch and state.
Yes. How about two simple amendments:
1. Money is not speech.
2. Corporations shall not be considered as legal persons.
And here are a few excellent suggestions from former US Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, from his book Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution:
Eliminate gerrymandering: “Districts represented by members of Congress, or by members of any state legislative body, shall be compact and composed of contiguous territory. The state shall have the burden of justifying any departures from this requirement by reference to neutral criteria such as natural, political, or historic boundaries or demographic changes. The interest in enhancing or preserving the political power of the party in control of the state government is not such a neutral criterion.”
Reform campaign finance: “Neither the First Amendment nor any other provision of this Constitution shall be construed to prohibit the Congress or any state from imposing reasonable limits on the amount of money that candidates for public office, or their supporters, may spend in election campaigns.”
Get rid of the barbarism of the death penalty (adding 5 words to the 8th Amendment): "Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments such as the death penalty inflicted.
Bring some sanity back to gun policy (adding 5 words to the 2nd Amendment): "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms when serving in the Militia, shall not be infringed.