Category: Democracy Amendments

Voters passed local ordinances on Tuesday informing their elected leaders that they want a U.S. Constitutional Amendment to curb corporate power, and ending the practice of political contributions being the equivalent of free speech.  Read more on the story here.

Congrats to our friends at Move To Amend for their work on helping to pass these measures!

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Recently Jeffrey Hollender, co-founder of Seventh Generation and co-founder of The American Sustainable Business Council (a partner of FSFP) stated in a talk he gave at the 2013 American Business Council Continuity Forum: 

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The 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court case allows outside groups to give unlimited contributions in federal, state, and local races. Since its passing, there has been an influx in outside spending in mayoral races in major cities including New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, and now in Boston.

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Fran Korten, the executive director of YES Magazine, wrote a new article yesterday to highlight the role of big money in politics and the connections between the 2010 Citizens United case, McCutcheon vs. FEC, and the current government shutdown.

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Today marks a very troubling moment for our democracy as the Supreme Court will hear the McCutcheon vs. FEC case. While the 2010 Citizens United case allowed corporations to make unlimited campaign expenditures to influence our elections, McCutcheon will enable the wealthy few to give more money directly to the candidates themselves.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Ryan O’Donnell October 2, 2013

(413) 335-9824

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On Argument of McCutcheon v. FEC, Democracy

Groups Call for Constitutional Amendment

Supreme Court hearing case shows need for an amendment to protect integrity

of our democracy, eight groups argue

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On Thursday in a live event sponsored by the Constitutional Accountability Center, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Professor Lawrence Lessig, director of Harvard’s Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics, discussed why they believe the founding fathers would disagree with the way in which the Supreme Court interpreted the term “corruption” in its ruling on Citizens United v. FEC.

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Today we celebrate a significant milestone in the campaign for a constitutional amendment to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 ruling in Citizens United. Support for the amendment now stands at one-third of what is needed for victory!
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Read below this powerful speech from James C. Nelson, former Justice of the Montana Supreme Court and a member of our Legal Advisory Committee, regarding Citizens United and corporate rights. For a full list of our Legal Advisory Committee with brief bios for each member, click here. 

Justice at Risk: Montana’s Fight For Impartial Courts

James C. Nelson,

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This new and important blog post written by Robert A.G. Monks, author of Citizens Disunited: Passive Investors, Drone CEOs, and the Corporate Capture of the American Dream, a corporate governance adviser and shareholder activist and Free Speech for People co-founder Jeff Clements was featured as part of the American Constitution Society’s 2013 Constitution Day symposium. 

The post begins,

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