Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that the rights extended by the Constitution are the rights of natural persons only.
Summary
H.J.Res. 48 proposes an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would establish that constitutional rights apply only to "natural persons" (individual human beings) rather than artificial entities like corporations or labor unions. Under this amendment, the government would have the authority to regulate or prohibit the financial activities of these entities, and the judiciary would be barred from defining election-related spending as a form of protected free speech.
For the average citizen, this bill would likely lead to stricter limits on campaign financing and a requirement for full public disclosure of all political contributions. By removing constitutional protections for corporate political spending, the resolution aims to ensure that individual citizens have equal access to the political process regardless of their personal wealth or corporate affiliations.