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Wouldn't overturning the Supreme Court require a constitutional amendment? I don't think Congress can just write a law to overturn a Supreme Court decision.

Either way, Congress needs to bring about the change (unless you plan on getting 2/3 the states to hold a convening convention) and Citizens United only lets rich congressmen keep anyone that isn't also rich or well supported from playing the game.

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> Wouldn't overturning the Supreme Court require a constitutional amendment? I don't think Congress can just write a law to overturn a Supreme Court decision.

You can write a new law that tries a different approach, or tweak and address the Court's stated concerns in the original law.

It depends on what the decision was based on.

If it's based on the 1st Amendment, then an constitutional amendment would be necessary. But if it's based on law passed by Congress, then Congress can repeal or amend the language of the law the decision was based on.

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