Montana Supreme Court Upholds State’s Century-Old Ban on Corporate Money in Elections Posted on December 31, 2011 (August 19, 2020) Democracy Amendments DATE: December 30, 2011 MONTANA SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS STATE’S CENTURY-OLD BAN ON CORPORATE MONEY IN ELECTIONS RULING SETS UP FIRST DIRECT CHALLENGE TO US SUPREME COURT’S JANUARY 2010 DECISION IN CITIZENS UNITED v. FEC ‘A Huge Victory for Democracy’ Read More
Too Early To Chill The Champagne? Action Heats Up On Overturning Citizens United Posted on December 20, 2011 (August 19, 2020) Democracy Amendments Joanne Boyer Op Ed News December 15, 2011 Read More
Lawmakers: Corporations are not people Posted on December 20, 2011 (August 19, 2020) Democracy Amendments Read More
Watch Now: John Bonifaz Joins Huffington Post Reporter Mike Sachs on the Dylan Ratigan Show Posted on December 16, 2011 (August 19, 2020) Democracy Amendments Read More
Article: The Health of Children and Consumers Is Threatened by Conservative Push for Corporate Speech Rights Posted on December 14, 2011 (August 19, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power AlterNet Steven Rosenfeld December 12, 2011 Some pro-business federal judges have shockingly approved a constitutional right for big companies to avoid revealing product dangers on labels. Read More
Undo Citizens United Now Posted on December 14, 2011 (August 19, 2020) Democracy Amendments New Mexico Politics Steve Fischmann December 12, 2011 Folks from both the political left and right are understandably furious. The lion’s share of our national wealth and income is increasingly concentrated in the hands of 1 percent of the population while the ranks of the poor continue to grow – almost 25 percent of our children live in poverty – and the middle class sees less opportunity in its future than at any time since the Great Depression. Read More
Moyers: Why ‘We The People’ Must Triumph Over Corporate Power Posted on December 12, 2011 (August 19, 2020) Democracy Amendments December 11, 2011 Bill Moyers reminds us that repairing American democracy begins with reasserting that corporations do not have the same constitutional rights as citizens. Read More Massachusetts AG Martha Coakley: “Time to put the electoral process back in the hands of the people, not corporations.” Posted on December 9, 2011 (August 19, 2020) Democracy Amendments For Immediate Release Contact: Blair FitzGibbon, 202-503-6141December 9, 2011 MA AG Martha Coakley: “Time to put the electoral process back in the hands of the people, not corporations.” Becomes First Sitting State Attorney General To Support A Constitutional Amendment to Overturn the US Supreme Court’s Citizens United Ruling Read More The Real History of ‘Corporate Personhood’: Meet the Man to Blame for Corporations Having More Rights Than You Posted on December 8, 2011 (August 19, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power The real history of today’s excessive corporate power starts with a tobacco lawyer appointed to the Supreme Court. December 6, 2011 | Read More Join the call to revoke Massey Energy’s corporate charter! Posted on December 7, 2011 (August 19, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power Yesterday, the parent company of Massey Energy agreed to pay $209 million in criminal penalties, civil penalties, and compensation to the families of the 29 miners who were killed when its Upper Big Branch coal mine in West Virginia exploded on April 5, 2010. The company was also fined an additional $10.8 million yesterday by the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration — the largest fine in that agency’s history. Read More 1 2 3 Next page … 10
Massachusetts AG Martha Coakley: “Time to put the electoral process back in the hands of the people, not corporations.” Posted on December 9, 2011 (August 19, 2020) Democracy Amendments For Immediate Release Contact: Blair FitzGibbon, 202-503-6141December 9, 2011 MA AG Martha Coakley: “Time to put the electoral process back in the hands of the people, not corporations.” Becomes First Sitting State Attorney General To Support A Constitutional Amendment to Overturn the US Supreme Court’s Citizens United Ruling Read More
The Real History of ‘Corporate Personhood’: Meet the Man to Blame for Corporations Having More Rights Than You Posted on December 8, 2011 (August 19, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power The real history of today’s excessive corporate power starts with a tobacco lawyer appointed to the Supreme Court. December 6, 2011 | Read More Join the call to revoke Massey Energy’s corporate charter! Posted on December 7, 2011 (August 19, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power Yesterday, the parent company of Massey Energy agreed to pay $209 million in criminal penalties, civil penalties, and compensation to the families of the 29 miners who were killed when its Upper Big Branch coal mine in West Virginia exploded on April 5, 2010. The company was also fined an additional $10.8 million yesterday by the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration — the largest fine in that agency’s history. Read More 1 2 3 Next page … 10
Join the call to revoke Massey Energy’s corporate charter! Posted on December 7, 2011 (August 19, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power Yesterday, the parent company of Massey Energy agreed to pay $209 million in criminal penalties, civil penalties, and compensation to the families of the 29 miners who were killed when its Upper Big Branch coal mine in West Virginia exploded on April 5, 2010. The company was also fined an additional $10.8 million yesterday by the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration — the largest fine in that agency’s history. Read More