In light of the tremendous victory in Los Angeles, where 77% of voters chose 'Yes' to overturn Citizens United, The Nation Magazine cites our "The Other Scandal" http://TheOtherScandal.com/ campaign with Common Cause as an effort to expand the discussion on the real issue behind the IRS scandal: the lack of rules and regulations governing money in politics. Click for the full story.
Constitutional Amendment
Join FSFP and Common Cause in Taking Action Against The Other Scandal: Citizens United
Everyone agrees that the IRS screwed up --- but as Chris Hayes of MSNBC makes clear in this video, the real, underlying problem is that the Citizens United decision took our system of fair-play rules that kept tax-exempt groups out of our elections and "blew it out of the water." Watch this video and join us together with Common Cause to demand that Congress focus on the core problem: Citizens United!
Citizens United: The Amendment Option Gains Momentum
By Jeffrey D. Clements, Principal, Clements Law Office, LLC. Mr. Clements filed an amicus brief in the Citizens United case on behalf of several democracy advocacy organizations, and serves as general counsel of Free Speech for People. He is also author of the ACS Issue Brief, "Beyond Citizens United v.
The Progressive Honor Roll 2010 Featuring Free Speech For People
The Nation
John Nichols
December 22, 2010
Most Valuable Idea: Amend the Constitution
Legal Pros Say No to Citizens United
Experts call for Constitutional amendment to take back democracy from corporations
Former Attorneys General and Law Professors Call on Congress to Examine Constitutional Amendment To Reverse Citizens United
Bipartisan Group of Former Attorneys General and Law Professors Calls on Congress to Examine Constitutional Amendment To Reverse Citizens United
Blagojevich and Legal Bribery
By SCOTT TUROW
Published: August 17, 2010
The New York Times
Chicago
"With all respect to Wanda Brandstetter, the Constitutional amendment this nation most urgently requires is one that reverses the notion that unrestricted political spending deserves protection as free speech. Without that, who could fault a juror for looking around at contemporary political life and feeling that Rod Blagojevich had been unfairly singled out?"
Senator Max Baucus Proposes Constitutional Amendment to Allow Regulation of Campaign Funding
By David Swanson
The DISCLOSE Act, a bill passed by the House that would regulate corporate election spending was blocked in the Senate on Thursday by a filibuster -- momentum is building to eliminate that anti-democratic tool.



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