NY City Council Passes Resolution Declaring that Corporations Are Not People Posted on January 4, 2012 (August 24, 2020) Democracy Amendments Posted on January 4, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 4, 2012 City Council Passes Resolution Declaring that Corporations Are Not People Read More
Corporations Are Not People Posted on January 4, 2012 (August 28, 2020) Democracy Amendments BY JEFFREY D. CLEMENTS FREE SPEECH FOR PEOPLE’S CO-FOUNDER AND GENERAL COUNSEL In Corporations Are Not People, Jeff Clements discusses the three-decade rise of corporate power over democracy and explores how we can work together to ensure that people, not corporations, govern in America. With a foreword by Bill Moyers, Corporations Are Not People tells the true story ofRead More
Montana Supreme Court Defies Citizens United Decision Posted on January 3, 2012 (August 24, 2020) Democracy Amendments The Wall Street Journal-Law Blog By Sam Favate January 3, 2012 Read More
Montana Supreme Court restores 100-year-old state ban on corporate political money Posted on January 3, 2012 (August 24, 2020) Democracy Amendments Associated Press, Published: December 30 Read More
Montana Supreme Court Upholds State’s Century-Old Ban on Corporate Money in Elections Posted on December 31, 2011 (August 19, 2020) Democracy Amendments DATE: December 30, 2011 MONTANA SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS STATE’S CENTURY-OLD BAN ON CORPORATE MONEY IN ELECTIONS RULING SETS UP FIRST DIRECT CHALLENGE TO US SUPREME COURT’S JANUARY 2010 DECISION IN CITIZENS UNITED v. FEC ‘A Huge Victory for Democracy’ Read More
Too Early To Chill The Champagne? Action Heats Up On Overturning Citizens United Posted on December 20, 2011 (August 19, 2020) Democracy Amendments Joanne Boyer Op Ed News December 15, 2011 Read More
Lawmakers: Corporations are not people Posted on December 20, 2011 (August 19, 2020) Democracy Amendments Read More
Watch Now: John Bonifaz Joins Huffington Post Reporter Mike Sachs on the Dylan Ratigan Show Posted on December 16, 2011 (August 19, 2020) Democracy Amendments Read More
Article: The Health of Children and Consumers Is Threatened by Conservative Push for Corporate Speech Rights Posted on December 14, 2011 (August 19, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power AlterNet Steven Rosenfeld December 12, 2011 Some pro-business federal judges have shockingly approved a constitutional right for big companies to avoid revealing product dangers on labels. Read More
Undo Citizens United Now Posted on December 14, 2011 (August 19, 2020) Democracy Amendments New Mexico Politics Steve Fischmann December 12, 2011 Folks from both the political left and right are understandably furious. The lion’s share of our national wealth and income is increasingly concentrated in the hands of 1 percent of the population while the ranks of the poor continue to grow – almost 25 percent of our children live in poverty – and the middle class sees less opportunity in its future than at any time since the Great Depression. Read More