Former President Carter Condemns Citizens United Posted on July 18, 2013 (December 28, 2020) Democracy Amendments In a recent forum at the Carter Center, former President Carter expressed his concern and dissent in regards to the Citizens United ruling. Read More
States Push Post-Citizens United Reforms As Washington Stands Still Posted on July 13, 2013 (December 28, 2020) Democracy Amendments A new Huffington Post article, "States Push Post-Citizens United Reform as Washington Stands Still" highlights state and trans-partisan support to overturn Citizens United.Read More
Olympia Snowe (R-ME) cites “Rolling Back Citizens United” as Essential to Campaign Finance Reform, In New Book Posted on July 7, 2013 (December 28, 2020) Democracy Amendments In her new book Fighting for Common Ground: How We Can Fix the Stalemate in Congress Olympia Snowe (R-ME) writes, "Campaign finance reform, including rolling back Citizens United is essential to leveling the electoral playing field." Other key quotes include: Read More
America’s Most Dynamic (Yet Under-Covered) Movement: Overturning ‘Citizens United’ Posted on July 7, 2013 (December 28, 2020) Democracy Amendments The Nation has featured Free Speech for People’s involvement with the movement to overturn Citizens United along with our recent Across the Aisle report that highlights more than 100 Republican officials who support a constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court’sRead More
Oregon Becomes 16th State to Call for an Amendment to Overturn Citizens United! Posted on July 1, 2013 (December 28, 2020) Democracy Amendments Breaking news! Oregon is officially the 16th state to call for an amendment to overturn Citizens United! It has just passed out of the Oregon Senate by a 17-13 vote, after passing out of the House two Fridays ago with a 48-11 vote. More information to come soon. The states that have called for an amendment to overturn Citizens United are listed below. Don’t see your state on the list? See how you can get involved here. Delaware Maine Read More
Support the Tester and Udall amendments! Posted on June 25, 2013 (December 28, 2020) Democracy Amendments Senators Jon Tester (D-MT) and Tom Udall (D-NM) have introduced two historic bills to amend the US Constitution, overturning Citizens United and Buckley v. Valeo, respectively. Senator Tester’s "People’s Rights Amendment will make it clear that corporations don’t have constitutional rights, as if they were people. Senator Udall’s Political Equality amendment will allow us to eliminate the influence of big money in our political system. Please ask your US Senators to support both bills.Read More
Senators Tester and Udall Introduce New Constitutional Amendments to Overturn Citizens United Posted on June 18, 2013 (December 28, 2020) Democracy Amendments Senator Tester’s bill is first-ever in US Senate to make clear that constitutional rights are only for people, not corporations WASHINGTON, DC. – Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) received praise from democracy advocates today for introducing a companion bill to Massachusetts Congressman Jim McGovern’s “People’s Rights Amendment.” Read More
Read our NEW report highlighting more than 100 Republican officials who support an amendment to overturn Citizens United! Posted on June 11, 2013 (December 28, 2020) Democracy Amendments Across the Aisle: The Growing Trans-partisan Opposition to Citizens United Read More
Delaware’s General Assembly Members have signed a letter calling on Congress to pass an amendment reversing Citizens United! Posted on June 10, 2013 (December 28, 2020) Democracy Amendments A bipartisan majority of both houses of Delaware’s General Assembly Members have signed a letter calling on Congress to pass a constitutional amendment reversing the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. You can read the letter from the DE General Assembly to Senator Thomas Carper in its entirety here: http://www.united4thepeople.org/images/DE.pdf Read More
“How corporations hijacked the First Amendment” great read from New Republic Posted on June 4, 2013 (December 28, 2020) Democracy Amendments "The co-opting of the First Amendment has happened slowly, but not at all by accident. First, it was helped along by questionable court decisions. Today, it is being accelerated by a strange alliance between two groups: a new generation of conservative judges, who have repudiated the judicial restraint their forebears prized, and legendary liberal lawyers, like Floyd Abrams and Laurence Tribe, who, after building their reputations as defenders of free speech, are using their talents to deploy it as a tool of corporate deregulation." Read More