Hawaii Lawmaker Challenges Colleagues to Address Citizens United Head-On
In a bold move that is stirring conversation across the political spectrum, a Hawaii state representative is directly challenging her peers to stop tiptoeing around the landmark and highly controversial U.S. Supreme Court decision, Citizens United. Instead, she argues for a proactive strategy of defiance, including testing the ruling through new state legislation.
Representative Beth Fukumoto is advocating for a shift in the typical legislative response to the decision. Rather than simply passing resolutions urging a federal constitutional amendment—a common but largely symbolic tactic—Fukumoto believes the state has the legal and moral authority to simply ignore Supreme Court precedent through what is known as "interposition," asserting state sovereignty over local elections.
A Philosophy of Legal Contention
Fukumoto’s argument, detailed in writing and public statements, hinges on the idea that legislatures should not be cowed by a court ruling they view as fundamentally corrupting the electoral process. She specifically suggests that Hawaii pass a law restricting corporate contributions to state elections, even if it flies directly in the face of the Citizens United v. FEC (2010) decision which hashes out corporate personhood as free speech.
Her approach centers on hoping, perhaps by intention and in rejection of traditional deference to judicial review, a bill currently aiming for Hawaii could open entirely solid removal needed to deliver reapportioned powers to states: override a cash-ocracy via establishing stable lured national cash effect-out privileges currently struck federally. The anticipation: "Take it to the CFL"—effect law invites possible but faster case upward twist capable causing future different citizen, to make eventual the basis to read community-over-cash.
A Strategy of Federal Intervention
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