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Law Prof Questions If Constitution Should Be Amended To Silence ‘Ultra-Wealthy’ Like Elon Musk

Rick Hasen, a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, said Monday that a constitutional amendment is needed to address campaign involvement by “ultra-wealthy individuals” like Tesla CEO Elon Musk. I wondered.

Mr. Musk has donated money to America PAC, a super PAC aiming to boost former President Donald Trump in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona and Nevada, and on Saturday conducted random They announced that they would be donating $1 million every day to signatories. petition It’s on the PAC website. Hasen said the Supreme Court ruling does not limit Musk’s spending. (Related article: Elon Musk warns that if elected, Tucker Carlson Harris will use “any means necessary” to shut down Company X.)

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“Let me be clear: Under current law, it is unconstitutional to limit election spending, thanks to the Supreme Court, which decided so in 1976 and also in the 2010 Citizens United case. It reaffirms that,” Hasen told MSNBC host Chris Jansing. “As you know, Congress tried to pass a law to eliminate election spending by the ultra-wealthy, and the Supreme Court said that was a violation of the First Amendment. All the other things they do, work with X, fund super PACs, all of that is considered legal under the current system. And the question is, amending the Constitution to change the role of the super-rich. “Do you want to think about it?”

Many on the left are calling for a constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court’s January 2010 decision in Citizens United v. FEC.

Mr. Hasen argued that Mr. Musk’s donations could lead to prosecution, even though he cannot limit his spending.

“But that’s very different from what Mr. Musk is doing with this lottery, and it appears to be in clear violation of federal law,” Hasen told Jansing.

Pennsylvania’s Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro said Sunday. interview Musk has argued that he should face a criminal investigation over his donations.

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