Montana Takes on Citizens United Posted on January 24, 2012 (August 24, 2020) Democracy Amendments Editorial New York Times January 23, 2012 Two years ago, when the Supreme Court struck down bans on independent corporate and union expenditures in elections in the Citizens United case, Justice Anthony Kennedy’s majority opinion claimed that money does not “give rise to corruption or the appearance of corruption.” While it might result in “influence over or access to elected officials,” he wrote, it is not the same as bribery. Read More
Ask Bill Moyers: How can ordinary people help to overturn or nullify the Citizen United Decision? Posted on January 23, 2012 (August 24, 2020) Democracy Amendments Ask Bill: How can ordinary people help to overturn or nullify the Citizen United Decision? from BillMoyers.com on Vimeo. Read More
1,000 Small Businesses Take Stand Against Corporate Takeover of Elections Posted on January 23, 2012 (August 24, 2020) Democracy Amendments Read More
Citizens United and corporate personhood: Jeff Clements responds to Kent Greenfield’s Washington Post op-ed Posted on January 23, 2012 (August 24, 2020) Democracy Amendments “We never said corporations are people; we said they are voices, speakers, speech-makers, a class of persons. That’s different.” Jeff Clements Corporations Are Not People January 23, 2012 Read More
‘We the People’ can overturn Citizens United Posted on January 21, 2012 (August 24, 2020) Democracy Amendments By Jim McGovern and Jeff Clements The Boston Globe January 21, 2012 THE FIRST three words of the preamble of our Constitution are “We the People.’’ Two years ago today the US Supreme Court in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission upended that promising vision. Corporations — which do not have mouths, minds, or consciences — won a “free speech’’ right to spend unlimited money to influence elections. Read More
Corporations Are NOT People: Author Jeff Clements in Conversation with Bob Herbert Posted on January 18, 2012 (August 24, 2020) Democracy Amendments Read More
Two Years Later: Showdown With ‘Citizens United’ Posted on January 18, 2012 (August 24, 2020) Democracy Amendments The Nation Katrina vanden Heuvel January 17, 2012 Read More
Giving Voice Back to the People Posted on January 11, 2012 (August 24, 2020) Democracy Amendments By Martha Coakley, Massachusetts Attorney General Huffington Post January 11, 2012 Read More
Watch Live Tomorrow, January 12 at 8a/est! Corporations Are NOT People: A breakfast with Jeff Clements and Bob Herbert Posted on January 11, 2012 (August 24, 2020) Democracy Amendments The live webcast will air on Thursday, January 12 at 8 a.m. EST Read More
How to Shift Power to the People, Pt. 2, Featuring FSFP Director, John Bonifaz Posted on January 11, 2012 (August 24, 2020) Democracy Amendments Read More