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Jill Stein presidential campaign, 2016/Federalism

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Jill Stein announced her presidential run on June 22, 2015.[1]



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  • Stein connected gun violence with economic disparity.
  • She said she believes the NRA fails to represent the interests of ordinary gun owners and should stay out of politics.
  • Stein called for an assault weapons ban and regulations to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and individuals with mental illness.
  • Stein expressed support for repealing the Patriot Act.
    • Judiciary
    • According to a 2012 Huffington Post profile of Jill Stein, "she would appoint Supreme Court justices who believe corporations are corporations, not people, and fight to get corporate money and influence out of the political process."[2]
    Second Amendment
    • In a December 2013 interview with RT, Jill Stein discussed the connection between gun violence and culture. She said, "We have about 100 times the rate of gun homicides and violent gun crimes relative to many countries of Western Europe and we should not be in the business of normalizing violence."[3]
    • Stein added, "It’s clear there is a relationship between gun violence and economic violence and poverty, and racial disparities and economic disparities. And the more we become an unjust society, the more we are at risk for continuing gun violence and potentially growing gun violence."[3]
    • Stein also criticized the involvement of the National Rifle Association (NRA) in politics. She said, "People don’t trust government because government has been bought and paid for by powerful special interests like the NRA. And the NRA is actually doing a disservice and fails to represent the interests of ordinary gun owners because it has become dominated by big industry. And its policies essentially reflect a marketing strategy to keep selling guns."[3]
    • In a third party presidential debate in October 2012, Stein said, "We certainly need an assault weapons ban, but we need more than that. There are some 260 people every day who are injured or killed by gun violence, so it's very important that we ban assault weapons, for starters, but there are other steps that need to be taken quickly. Local communities need to be able to regulate guns, as needed, to deal with their violence. So, we need to keep guns out of the hands of criminals. We need background checks, so that the mentally ill are not possessing and using guns. And we need to end the gun show loopholes, as well, because there's far too much violence from guns, which is not needed."[4]
    Fourth Amendment
    • In a January 2012 interview with Steve Horn of Truthout, Jill Stein supported the repeal of the Patriot Act. Stein said, "The Patriot Act symbolizes the death of the Fourth Amendment and the right to judicial review, and the right to a trial has just been sabotaged by Obama. It is as if a coup has occurred. Any one of these alone is bad enough, but when you add them all up, we are on some pretty thin ice right now as a free society. Our freedom is hanging in thin air right now. There is now a legal basis for curtailing that freedom."[5]

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    1. ↑ Democracy Now, "Green Party’s Jill Stein Announces She Is Running for President," June 22, 2015
    2. ↑ Huffington Post, "President Jill Stein," September 13, 2012
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 RT, "Jill Stein: US faces ‘political problem’ in tackling violent gun crime," December 15, 2013
    4. ↑ Democracy Now, "Expanding the Debate with Third-Party Candidates Jill Stein, Virgil Goode, Rocky Anderson," October 17, 2012
    5. ↑ Truthout, "The Party of Our Discontent? An Interview With Green Party Candidate Jill Stein," January 29, 2012
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