Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that the rights protected and extended by the Constitution are the rights of natural persons only.
Summary
H.J.Res. 54 proposes an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would specify that constitutional rights belong only to "natural persons" (human beings) and not to artificial entities like corporations or labor unions. Under this amendment, the government would have the authority to regulate or prohibit the activities of these entities, and the judiciary would be barred from treating the spending of money to influence elections as a form of protected free speech.
For the average citizen, this change would allow federal, state, and local governments to set strict limits on political contributions and campaign spending, including a candidate's use of their own personal wealth. The bill aims to ensure that all citizens have equal access to the political process regardless of their economic status by requiring full public disclosure of all election-related spending.