Montana Supreme Court Defies Citizens United Decision Posted on January 3, 2012 (August 24, 2020) Democracy Amendments The Wall Street Journal-Law Blog By Sam Favate January 3, 2012 Read More
Montana Supreme Court restores 100-year-old state ban on corporate political money Posted on January 3, 2012 (August 24, 2020) Democracy Amendments Associated Press, Published: December 30 Read More
Montana Supreme Court Upholds State’s Century-Old Ban on Corporate Money in Elections Posted on December 31, 2011 (August 19, 2020) Democracy Amendments DATE: December 30, 2011 MONTANA SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS STATE’S CENTURY-OLD BAN ON CORPORATE MONEY IN ELECTIONS RULING SETS UP FIRST DIRECT CHALLENGE TO US SUPREME COURT’S JANUARY 2010 DECISION IN CITIZENS UNITED v. FEC ‘A Huge Victory for Democracy’ Read More
Too Early To Chill The Champagne? Action Heats Up On Overturning Citizens United Posted on December 20, 2011 (August 19, 2020) Democracy Amendments Joanne Boyer Op Ed News December 15, 2011 Read More
Lawmakers: Corporations are not people Posted on December 20, 2011 (August 19, 2020) Democracy Amendments Read More
Watch Now: John Bonifaz Joins Huffington Post Reporter Mike Sachs on the Dylan Ratigan Show Posted on December 16, 2011 (August 19, 2020) Democracy Amendments Read More
Undo Citizens United Now Posted on December 14, 2011 (August 19, 2020) Democracy Amendments New Mexico Politics Steve Fischmann December 12, 2011 Folks from both the political left and right are understandably furious. The lion’s share of our national wealth and income is increasingly concentrated in the hands of 1 percent of the population while the ranks of the poor continue to grow – almost 25 percent of our children live in poverty – and the middle class sees less opportunity in its future than at any time since the Great Depression. Read More
Moyers: Why ‘We The People’ Must Triumph Over Corporate Power Posted on December 12, 2011 (August 19, 2020) Democracy Amendments December 11, 2011 Bill Moyers reminds us that repairing American democracy begins with reasserting that corporations do not have the same constitutional rights as citizens. Read More Massachusetts AG Martha Coakley: “Time to put the electoral process back in the hands of the people, not corporations.” Posted on December 9, 2011 (August 19, 2020) Democracy Amendments For Immediate Release Contact: Blair FitzGibbon, 202-503-6141December 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 Read More John Bonifaz: Corporate Money As A Form of Speech Posted on December 5, 2011 (August 19, 2020) Democracy Amendments 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. Read More Previous page …30 31 32 33 34 Next page … 46
Massachusetts AG Martha Coakley: “Time to put the electoral process back in the hands of the people, not corporations.” Posted on December 9, 2011 (August 19, 2020) Democracy Amendments For Immediate Release Contact: Blair FitzGibbon, 202-503-6141December 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 Read More
John Bonifaz: Corporate Money As A Form of Speech Posted on December 5, 2011 (August 19, 2020) Democracy Amendments 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. Read More