Across the Aisle: More than 100 Republican officials support an amendment
Maine is the 13th state to call for an amendment, with major bipartisan support
Huge milestone: we’re now 1/4 of the way to amending the Constitution
Congressman McGovern Introduces Two Constitutional Amendments to Overturn Citizens United
Religious Leader Jim Wallis: "People are made in the image of God and corporations are not."
Which of the 13 Amendment Bills Now in Play in Congress We Support, and Why
New Jersey is now the 9th state to call for an amendment
Massachusetts becomes 7th state to call for a Constitutional Amendment
Free Speech For People Submits Testimony for US Senate Hearing on Citizens United
New Mexico Legislature Calls for a Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Citizens United
State Resolutions Introduced in Support of Amending the Constitution
By HANNAH DREIER, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thursday, March 22, 2012
State lawmakers are wading into the ongoing battle over corporate money in politics.
The California Assembly passed a resolution Thursday calling for a constitutional amendment to overturn the 2010 Citizens United decision, which held that corporations can spend unlimited sums to influence elections.
(See the full article here.)
"A second tool to discipline corporate wrongdoers is charter revocation.... State governments have the right to revoke charters from companies that do not serve the public interest. Free Speech for People has petitioned Delaware to revoke the charter of Massey Energy. Charter revocation effectively constitutes the death penalty for a corporation. Even occasional use against large corporations would be a major deterrent to corporate wrongdoing."
The Missoulian
C.B. Pearson, Verner Bertelsen and Becky Douglas
March 16, 2012
It’s time for Montanans to stand up for themselves.
More and more, our individual voices are getting drowned out by big money in politics. The recent Citizens United v. FEC decision by the U.S. Supreme Court has made the situation intolerable.
That’s why on Feb. 28, we filed a citizen’s initiative that we hope will appear on the 2012 ballot.
Super PACs are unwelcome guests at the 2012 election party: Seven in 10 Americans say these private, campaign-spending organizations should be illegal.
Echoing widespread disapproval of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that authorized super PACs in 2010, a bipartisan 69 percent in this ABC News/Washington Post poll would ban them now. More than half, 52 percent, feel that way strongly.
Stockman talks with Bill Moyers about how money dominates politics, distorting free markets and endangering democracy. "As a result," Stockman says, "we have neither capitalism nor democracy. We have crony capitalism."
The Huffington Post
Pearl Korn
March 5, 2012
San Francisco Chronicle
Mosi Reeves
March 1, 2012
COLCHESTER — Sen. Virginia “Ginny” Lyons, D-Chittenden, sat on stage waving several dollars bills in the air as the silent audience waited for her to begin her presentation.
“Do you get it? I’m speaking!” Lyons said, referencing the Supreme Court ruling Citizens United v. the Federal Election Commission, which Lyons said defined money as speech and corporations as people.
Stand with Montanans
Corporations Aren’t People – Ban Corporate Campaign Spending
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