U.S. Conference of Mayors adopts resolution on corporate personhood. Posted on June 26, 2012 (September 14, 2020) Democracy Amendments At its 80th annual meeting, in mid-June, the U.S. Conference of Mayors voted unanimously, by voice, to: "Establish as a position of the United States Conference of Mayors that corporations should not receive the same legal rights as natural persons do, that money is not speech, and that independent expenditures should be regulated" The resolution can be viewed at: http://usmayors.org/category/resolutions/80th_Conference/metro18.asp Read More
Montana Ruling Could Fuel Campaign to Amend Constitution Posted on June 26, 2012 (September 14, 2020) Democracy Amendments By Eliza Newlin CarneyRoll Call June 26, 2012 The Supreme Court’s Monday ruling to strike Montana’s ban on corporate campaign spending opens a new chapter in the political money wars, fueling an improbable but increasingly vocal movement to amend the Constitution. Read More