Princeton Opposes Citizens United Decision

To the Editor:

Monday night the Princeton Township Committee unanimously passed the Resolution to Support a Call for a Constitutional Amendment to Overturn the Citizens United Decision.  Attending the meeting in support of this resolution was a group from the NJ for the Overturn of Citizens United Campaign.

Princeton Township joins nearly 300 municipalities across the nation by passing this resolution. In a recent poll 7 in 10 Americans voiced their opposition to the CU decision. 16,000 NJ voters have signed the petitions for an amendment to overturn CU and these have been presented to the NJ legislature which has two resolutions (AR 86 and SR 47) under consideration.

Readers can show their support for these resolutions by adding their name to the petition at signon.org/sign/nj-for-the-overturn of and by phoning, writing, and emailing their NJ legislators. The elected representatives at the national level are looking to elected representatives at the state level to show their support for already proposed legislation in the US Congress. The passage of this resolution in Princeton will provide support to our NJ legislators to pass a similar resolution and become the eighth state to do so.