Previously we wrote about former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens’s desire to amend the Second Amendment, a position he reiterated during an interview with George Stephanopoulos yesterday. The practical effect of his amendment would be that Congress could pass a ban on individual gun ownership.

Today comes word via a New York Times article that Justice Stevens, who has been making the rounds in connection with his new book, “Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution,” would also like to override the First Amendment “to address what he [Stevens] said was the grave threat to American democracy caused by the torrent of money in politics.”

Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens speaks with George Stephanopolous during an interview aired on ABC’s “This Week,” April 20, 2014. (Image Source: ABC News/This Week screengrab)

To wit, Adam Liptak of the Times writes:

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