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Massachusetts AG Martha Coakley: “Time to put the electoral process back in the hands of the people, not corporations.”

 

For Immediate Release
Contact: Blair FitzGibbon, 202-503-6141
December 9, 2011

MA AG Martha Coakley: “Time to put the electoral process back in the hands of the people, not corporations.”

Becomes First Sitting State Attorney General To Support A Constitutional Amendment to Overturn the US Supreme Court’s Citizens United Ruling

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Join the call to revoke Massey Energy’s corporate charter!

Yesterday, the parent company of Massey Energy agreed to pay $209 million in criminal penalties, civil penalties, and compensation to the families of the 29 miners who were killed when its Upper Big Branch coal mine in West Virginia exploded on April 5, 2010.  The company was also fined an additional $10.8 million yesterday by the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration — the largest fine in that agency’s history.

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John Bonifaz: Corporate Money As A Form of Speech

The Citizens United decision by the U.S. Supreme Court crippled American democracy.  By equating money to speech our Supreme Court shifted the power of our great political system away from the people it was created to serve.  The ability to give political contributions became greater than the ability to stay informed and vote.  Our guest today, John Bonifaz, director and co-founder of Free Speech For People, believes that this decision is wrong and has to be undone.

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Restore Democracy to the People with 28th Amendment

The Madison Capital Times

John Bonifaz

December 4, 2011

America is at a crossroads. Shall we be governed by people or by corporations?

If you thought we had already answered that question more than two centuries ago, you’re right. The framers of our Constitution were clear that we were to be a government of, for and by the people. They recognized that corporations were not people and that the Constitution did not guarantee corporations rights intended for people.

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A Corporation Isn’t Human

Editorial

The Berkshire Eagle

December 3, 2011

Passage of a constitutional amendment involves a trip down a long and pothole-strewn road, but if the outcome would mean the overturning of a cynical U.S. Supreme Court decision enabling corporations to corrupt election campaigns with a flood of cash the trip is worth it. The sooner it begins the better.

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