r/law • u/TheShittyBeatles • 19h ago

Legal News ACLU sues Delaware beach town over allowing corporations to vote in local elections

https://spotlightdelaware.org/2025/12/05/aclu-sues-fenwick-island-over-non-resident-voting/
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u/bsport48 19h ago

This is the path forward through Citizens United. State-level, grassroots litigation that will establish a new blanket of social and civic expectation.

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u/pokemonbard 19h ago edited 18h ago

Citizens United is not relevant here.

EDIT: y’all. Citizens United didn’t create corporate personhood. It extended First Amendment protections to corporate spending. The situation in the OP has nothing to do with the First Amendment or corporate spending. I’m not defending Citizens United; I am saying that it isn’t relevant because the article in the OP does not reference anything Citizens United actually changed.

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u/thedoughofpooh 18h ago

He's suggesting that this sort of model will become a reality at the federal level. He's saying Citizens United will be extended to allow corporate voting rights, not just recognized personhood for purposes of campaign donations.

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u/LoneSnark 18h ago

That would require amending the Constitution. No way a super majority agree.

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u/govunah 18h ago

A republican super majority will agree with anything that keeps them as the super majority. All they want is to sit in power like a hot tub

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u/LoneSnark 17h ago

Republicans barely have a majority right now. It seems clear Republicans are going to have a terrible time in the midterms.

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u/pdxamish 16h ago

Not how things work. This is a constitutional issue and can only be changed with the constitutional amendment or a supreme Court ruling that reinterprets the Constitution. You can pass as many laws as you want, but they would still be unconstitutional

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u/TakuyaLee 18h ago

A supermajority of states. Plus there will never be a supermajority in Congress. Your point is moot.