Jeff Clements of American Promise on How to Fix Money in Politics

About this episode

Jeff Clements discusses the need for a constitutional amendment to address the influence of money in politics.

This episode features a conversation with Jeff Clements, cofounder and CEO of American Promise . American Promise is a nonprofit dedicated to undoing the damage wrought by the Supreme Court in Citizens United and returning the power to regulate money in politics back to We The People. The way to do this is by a 28th amendment to the Constitution. There is no easy fix to our troubled times, but there is also no question that unlimited amounts of money in campaigns and elections has a distorting and corrosive effect that is destabilizing our democracy. Billionaires, foreign entities, corporations, dark money or disclosed, all are overwhelming our political system with billions of dollars that drown out the voices of everyday Americans. Jeff and Nancy speak about how the Supreme Court is uniquely unsuited to resolve questions of complex political policy; why a constitutional amendment is the only solution; and the crosspartisan support behind the amendment with 24 states already on board. You can learn more, sign the citizen pledge, donate and volunteer at americanpromise.net . In addition to being cofounder and CEO of American Promise, Jeff is also a former Assistant Attorney…

People in this episode

Host: Nancy Bynum

Guest: Jeff Clements

Topics covered

• money in politics
• constitutional amendment
• Citizens United
• political corruption
• democracy

Keywords

• money in politics
• Citizens United
• constitutional amendment
• American Promise
• political system

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: American Promise

Books & works: Corporations Are Not People

Places: Massachusetts

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