Month: February 2013

Supreme Court lets ban stand on direct corporate campaign donations

The Washington Post 

Robert Barnes 

February 25, 2013 

The Supreme Court on Monday decided against reviewing the century-old ban on corporations making direct contributions to federal candidates.

The court without comment declined to hear an appeal from two men who said the court’s 2010 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which allowed corporations and unions to spend unlimited amounts on elections, must also nullify the ban on campaign contributions.

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After Launching Multimillion Dollar Lobbying Effort, White House Moves to Affirm Support for Overturning Citizens United

 

Advocates Urge President to Pass 
Congress to Pass Amendment Bill and 
Send it to the States for Ratification

 

WASHINGTON, DC. – On Friday, the White House released an official response to a petition initiated by Free Speech For People that had urged him to “use the State of the Union to call for a constitutional amendment to get big money out of politics,” even whi
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California Poised To Become Largest Electorate To Vote On Constitutional Amendment

Below are excerpts from an article in the Huffington Post today. California’s legislature has already passed a resolution calling for a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United.

Citizens United: California Poised To Become Largest Electorate To Vote On Constitutional Amendment

California voters are poised to become the largest electorate to decide whether to support a constitutional amendment that would overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling.

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Massachusetts Campaign for a Constitutional Amendment

Free Speech For People is proud to help lead and advance a campaign in Massachusetts for a constitutional amendment to reverse the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. FEC. Please see the resources for this campaign, below.  Massachusetts State Legislature Passes S. 772, Calls on Congress to Enact Constitutional Amendment ReversingCitizens United Decision Massachusetts
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Select 2010-2012 Amendment Bills

2012 Amendment Bills Which of the 13 Amendment Bills Now in Play in Congress We Support, and Why Read the text of H.J. Res 100, introduced by Congressman Dennis Kucinich. Read the text of H.J. Res 111, introduced by Congressman Adam Schiff. 2011 Amendment Bills Read the text of H.J. Res 88, the People’s Rights Amendment,
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Making Money & Politics an Issue of Faith: a how-to memo from Auburn Seminary and Free Speech For People

In the fall of 2012, we worked with our friends at Auburn Seminary to help engage religious leaders in the campaign to overturn Citizens United with a constitutional amendment.

We also worked with Isaac Luria of Auburn Seminary and Alexia Salvatierra of Faith Rooted Organizing to produce the memo below, summarizing our shared findings from this project.

A downloadable PDF is available here. The full text is pasted below.

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