How Often Does Each SCOTUS Justice Side With the US Chamber of Commerce? Posted on June 28, 2010 (August 18, 2020) Democracy Amendments This graphic comes from a good report: PDF.Read More
Three questions with Jeffrey Clements Posted on June 26, 2010 (June 24, 2020) Democracy Amendments By Patrick Ball/Staff Writer, GateHouse News Service Concord — The Massachusetts Corporate Political Accountability Act is strong start but doesn’t fix the problem created by the Citizens United decision, according to Concord lawyer Jeffrey Clements. Read More
Citizens United panel at America’s Future Now! Conference Posted on June 22, 2010 (June 30, 2020) Democracy Amendments Read More
Massachusetts Legislators Back Free Speech for People (Not Corporate Persons) Posted on June 21, 2010 (June 30, 2020) Democracy Amendments The corporatocracy rolls on in a wave of black goo, drowning pelicans and our representative republic. Steps that could limit CEO pay or require disclosure of corporate election funding are killed or stalled. But good news exists as well and it comes from the states. Today it’s Massachusetts. This is a model of how we will save this republic. Read More
Pelosi Yanks DISCLOSE Act at Behest of U.S. Chamber of Commerce Posted on June 18, 2010 (June 23, 2020) Defending Key Reforms And YOU thought this bill was weak and partial enough to slip through. And YOU thought it was the Republicans who worked for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. These are the new teams, boys and girls: on one side elected officials, on the other side all the rest of us. From Politico: Read More
Video: John Bonifaz Interviewed by David Pakman on Midweek Politics Posted on June 11, 2010 (June 23, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power Read More
Ending Pay-to-Play Politics Posted on June 10, 2010 (June 24, 2020) Democracy Amendments By Katrina vanden Heuvel in the Nation Read More
Kucinich Moves to Ensure Oil Companies are Covered by Campaign Finance Bill Posted on June 4, 2010 (June 23, 2020) Defending Key Reforms Here’s press release from Kucinich: Washington D.C. (June 4, 2010) – Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) has offered an amendment to HR 5175, the Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Elections (DISCLOSE) Act, that would prevent companies that receive federal leases to drill in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) from spending unlimited amounts of money to influence campaigns and elections. Read More
Corporate Persons Cannot Be Trusted Posted on June 1, 2010 (June 23, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power That’s the message of this column by Bob Herbert in the New York Times: An Unnatural Disaster By BOB HERBERTPublished: May 28, 2010 Read More