Northampton City Council Weighs Amendment Resolution
Northampton City Council to debate corporate ‘personhood’
Bob Dunn
Gazettenet.com
April 12, 2012
Category: Democracy Amendments
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The Salt Lake Tribune: Efforts broaden to overturn Citizens United court case on super PACs
Twelve attorneys general urge Congress to amend the Constitution.
By Cathy Mckitrick, April 5, 2012
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"several organizations have sprung up around the country – among them Move to Amend and Free Speech for People – opposing the notion that corporations are people and money is speech.
"This letter marks an important milestone in the movement to reclaim our democracy," Free Speech for People’s executive director John Bonifaz said in a statement.
Free Speech For People Applauds Attorneys General Calling for a Constitutional Amendment to Overturn the Citizens United Ruling
LED BY MASSACHUSETTS ATTORNEY GENERAL MARTHA COAKLEY, A COALITION OF 11 ATTORNEYS GENERAL SUBMIT LETTER OF SUPPORT TO THE US CONGRESS “An Important New Milestone in the Movement to Reclaim Our Democracy” BOSTON, MA – Free Speech For People, a national campaign pressing for a constitutional amendment to overturn the US Supreme Court’s
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11 State Attorneys General Submit Letter of Support for Constitutional Amendment to Reverse Citizens United Decision
Concerned about unlimited contributions by corporations for political advertising, [Masschusetts] Attorney General Martha Coakley has submitted a formal letter to Congress urging an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to reverse the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. The letter sent Wednesday to Congressional leadership was signed by AG Coakley and 10 other state Attorneys General.
California’s Assembly votes to support a Constitutional Amendment to overturn Citizens United.
By HANNAH DREIER, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thursday, March 22, 2012
State lawmakers are wading into the ongoing battle over corporate money in politics.
The California Assembly passed a resolution Thursday calling for a constitutional amendment to overturn the 2010 Citizens United decision, which held that corporations can spend unlimited sums to influence elections.
(See the full article here.)
Jeff Clements Talks with The Nation: How Can We Defeat ‘Citizens United’?
Stand with Montana in fight against corporate personhood
The Missoulian
C.B. Pearson, Verner Bertelsen and Becky Douglas
March 16, 2012
It’s time for Montanans to stand up for themselves.
More and more, our individual voices are getting drowned out by big money in politics. The recent Citizens United v. FEC decision by the U.S. Supreme Court has made the situation intolerable.
That’s why on Feb. 28, we filed a citizen’s initiative that we hope will appear on the 2012 ballot.
President Reagan’s budget director, David Stockman, endorses a Constitutional Amendment to “get corporations out of politics”
Stockman talks with Bill Moyers about how money dominates politics, distorting free markets and endangering democracy. "As a result," Stockman says, "we have neither capitalism nor democracy. We have crony capitalism."