Four years later, Citizens United is about more than money in politics Posted on January 20, 2014 (July 28, 2021) Corporate Abuse of Power Tuesday January 21st, 2014 will mark the fourth anniversary of the Citizens United ruling. A new op-ed by FSFP Legal Director Ron Fein, published recently in McClatchy, talks about how this ruling means far more than solely an increase of big money’s influence in our politics. Check out the piece below. Read More
Together We’re Making It Happen – New Joint Petition With Represent.Us Posted on January 17, 2014 (July 16, 2021) Democracy Amendments It’s been four years this month since the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision that equated corporations with people and allowed unlimited corporate spending in our elections. Since the ruling, corporations and big money interests have flooded our elections, at the local, state, and national levels, with an unprecedented amount of campaign expenditures. Read More
The McCutcheon Ruling: What You Can Do Posted on January 13, 2014 (July 16, 2021) Democracy Amendments 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). Read More
The Money In Politics Webinar That’s Not To Be Missed! Posted on January 8, 2014 (July 16, 2021) Democracy Amendments 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. Sign up for the webinar here. Read More
Five Reforms to Make Our Politics Matter Posted on January 3, 2014 (July 16, 2021) Democracy Amendments "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. Read More
Citizens United: States’ responses show election reform is needed Posted on January 3, 2014 (July 16, 2021) Democracy Amendments 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. It reads, 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. Read More