Free Speech for People, along with our allies at Public Citizen, hosted an online conversation featuring Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream and superstar activist for a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (the 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision that opened the floodgates to secret corporate money in elections).
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The Money In Politics Webinar That's Not To Be Missed!
Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream and founder of the Stamp Stampede movement, will be the guest in a national webinar tonight, January 8th, at 8:30 PM ET.
He will be discussing, along with other allies at Public Citizens and Our Time, about how big money is influencing our elections and the implications of the impending court ruling in McCutcheon vs. FEC.
Five Reforms to Make Our Politics Matter
"Why not make 2014 historic?" John Nichols asks in his recent article in The Nation, The Democratic Vistas of 2014: Five Reforms to Make Our Politics Matter.
We think that 2014 marks a tremendous opportunity to begin to restore some of our basic democratic principles that have decayed --- particularly over the last decade.
Citizens United: States' responses show election reform is needed
FSFP's John Bonifaz and Ryan O' Donnell have written a new op-ed, Citizens United: States' responses show election reform is needed that has been featured in the San Jose Mecury News.
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In the aftermath of Citizens United v. FEC, the 2010 Supreme Court ruling that swept away longstanding precedent barring corporate money in our elections, states are still scrambling to adjust. But they are choosing very different paths.
How corporations are using the First Amendment to destroy government regulation
A recent and important article The Corporate Free Speech Racket from Washington Monthly dives into the misuse of the First Amendment and free exercise rights by corporations and how these entities are effectively using the claim of corporate personhood to subvert government regulation.
The Top 10 Reasons Why Citizens United Continues to Ruin Democracy
A quick glance at the top 10 ways the Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United vs. FEC has continued to threaten our democracy in 2013.
States race to increase donation limits to counter influence of outside money
In response to the flood of outside money in politics, states from Alabama to Wyoming are boosting donation limits to rake in bigger contributions for their campaigns.
Nine states have approved higher campaign contribution limits. Most recently in Michigan, when on Thursday a new measure was approved that would double to $6,800 the amount of money a candidate for statewide office can accept from individuals.
Watch Our New Animated Video, "Twas The Night Before Citizens United"
Take a moment to watch and share our new animated video, Twas the Night Before Citizens United, with friends to spread some holiday cheer and a reminder that while we’re well on our way, we still have a lot of work to do to overturn Citizens United and reclaim our democracy.
Spending on Maine elections has grown by millions of dollars since the Citizens United decision
A recent article in the Bangor Daily News highlights the skyrocketing campaign expenditures that have flooded the state's elections since the 2010 Citizens United ruling. The article uses new data from Maine Citizen's For Clean Elections report, The Shell Game - How Independent Expenditures Have Invaded Maine Since Citizens United.
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