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 Restore Democracy to the People with 28th Amendment Posted on December 5, 2011 (August 19, 2020) Democracy Amendments The Madison Capital Times John Bonifaz December 4, 2011 America is at a crossroads. Shall we be governed by people or by corporations? If you thought we had already answered that question more than two centuries ago, you’re right. The framers of our Constitution were clear that we were to be a government of, for and by the people. They recognized that corporations were not people and that the Constitution did not guarantee corporations rights intended for people. Read More A Corporation Isn’t Human Posted on December 5, 2011 (August 19, 2020) Democracy Amendments Editorial The Berkshire Eagle December 3, 2011 Passage of a constitutional amendment involves a trip down a long and pothole-strewn road, but if the outcome would mean the overturning of a cynical U.S. Supreme Court decision enabling corporations to corrupt election campaigns with a flood of cash the trip is worth it. The sooner it begins the better. Read More Corporations are not people, constitutional lawyer argues Posted on December 2, 2011 (August 19, 2020) Democracy Amendments The Berkshire Eagle Scott Stafford 12/02/2011 Read More Previous page …31 32 33 34 35 Next page … 47
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
Restore Democracy to the People with 28th Amendment Posted on December 5, 2011 (August 19, 2020) Democracy Amendments The Madison Capital Times John Bonifaz December 4, 2011 America is at a crossroads. Shall we be governed by people or by corporations? If you thought we had already answered that question more than two centuries ago, you’re right. The framers of our Constitution were clear that we were to be a government of, for and by the people. They recognized that corporations were not people and that the Constitution did not guarantee corporations rights intended for people. Read More
A Corporation Isn’t Human Posted on December 5, 2011 (August 19, 2020) Democracy Amendments Editorial The Berkshire Eagle December 3, 2011 Passage of a constitutional amendment involves a trip down a long and pothole-strewn road, but if the outcome would mean the overturning of a cynical U.S. Supreme Court decision enabling corporations to corrupt election campaigns with a flood of cash the trip is worth it. The sooner it begins the better. Read More
Corporations are not people, constitutional lawyer argues Posted on December 2, 2011 (August 19, 2020) Democracy Amendments The Berkshire Eagle Scott Stafford 12/02/2011 Read More