Listen now: House amendment to end corporate personhood gains momentum Posted on November 21, 2011 (August 12, 2020) Democracy Amendments Free Speech Radio News November 18, 2011 Michael Lawson Read More
Call to Action Against Citizens United Posted on November 18, 2011 (August 12, 2020) Democracy Amendments Read More
US Rep. Jim McGovern: A Constitutional Amendment to Repeal Citizens United, restore “We the People” Posted on November 17, 2011 (August 12, 2020) Democracy Amendments Read More
Watch now! The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann featuring FSFP Political Director, Steve Cobble. Posted on November 17, 2011 (August 12, 2020) Democracy Amendments Segment begins at 12:05. Read More
McGovern backs amendment to exclude corporations as ‘people’ Posted on November 17, 2011 (August 12, 2020) Democracy Amendments By Bobby Caina Calvan November 16, 2011 Read More
Editorial: Challenging Corporate Personhood Posted on November 17, 2011 (August 12, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power MetroWest Daily News November 17, 2011 Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney caused a stir when he told a crowd in Iowa that "corporations are people, too." He went on to explain that corporations employ, serve and are owned by people, which is true enough, as far as it goes. In Citizens United, the U.S. Supreme Court went further, decreeing that, since corporations are people, they are endowed with all the rights under the First Amendment, including the right to spend corporate money on political activities without limits. Read More
Article: Why Do Cigarette Boxes Have More Free Speech Rights Than Protesters? Posted on November 17, 2011 (August 12, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power Alternet Steven Rosenfeld November 16, 2011 Read More
Congressman McGovern Introduces the People’s Rights Amendment Posted on November 15, 2011 (August 12, 2020) Democracy Amendments CONGRESSMAN JIM MCGOVERN INTRODUCES CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT BILL TO OVERTURN CORPORATE PERSONHOOD ‘Corporations Are Not People’ ‘PEOPLE’S RIGHTS AMENDMENT’ WOULD REPEAL CITIZENS UNITED RULING AND THE CORPORATE RIGHTS DOCTRINE Read More
Q&A: Jeff Clements – New book looks at corporate power shift Posted on November 15, 2011 (August 12, 2020) Democracy Amendments Keila Szpaller The Missoulian November 13, 2011 Missoula isn’t alone in its call for people to have more power than corporations in politics, and a new book called "Corporations are not People" talks about how the balance tipped the other way over the past three decades. Read More
Congressman McGovern Introduces the People’s Rights Amendment Posted on November 15, 2011 (August 27, 2020) Democracy Amendments CONGRESSMAN JIM MCGOVERN INTRODUCES CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT BILL TO OVERTURN CORPORATE PERSONHOOD ‘Corporations Are Not People’ ‘PEOPLE’S RIGHTS AMENDMENT’ WOULD REPEAL CITIZENS UNITED RULING AND THE CORPORATE RIGHTS DOCTRINE WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jim McGovern of Massachusetts introduced today a constitutional amendment bill to overturn the US Supreme Court’s January 2010 ruling in Citizens UnitedRead More