Boston Review-Democracy After Citizens United Posted on September 21, 2010 (July 1, 2020) Democracy Amendments See these essays by Free Speech For People Director, John Bonifaz, FSFP General Counsel, Jeffrey Clements and Congresswoman Donna Edwards in the online forum, "Democracy After Citizens United," hosted by the Boston Review. Restoring the Constitution, by John Bonifaz and Jeffrey Clements A Call to Bold Action, Representative Donna Edwards Read More
Blagojevich and Legal Bribery Posted on August 18, 2010 (August 18, 2020) Democracy Amendments By SCOTT TUROW Published: August 17, 2010 The New York Times Chicago “With all respect to Wanda Brandstetter, the Constitutional amendment this nation most urgently requires is one that reverses the notion that unrestricted political spending deserves protection as free speech. Without that, who could fault a juror for looking around at contemporary political lifeRead More
Senator Max Baucus Proposes Constitutional Amendment to Allow Regulation of Campaign Funding Posted on July 28, 2010 (August 18, 2020) Democracy Amendments By David Swanson The DISCLOSE Act, a bill passed by the House that would regulate corporate election spending was blocked in the Senate on Thursday by a filibuster — momentum is building to eliminate that anti-democratic tool. And momentum is building, as well, for reforms of our campaign finance system that go beyond what theRead More
Video: Interview of Congresswoman Donna Edwards Posted on July 26, 2010 (August 18, 2020) Democracy Amendments Photo by spatuletail / Shutterstock.comRead More
Undoing Citizens United: A Comprehensive Plan to Prevent Corporations from Buying Elections Posted on July 24, 2010 (August 18, 2020) Democracy Amendments Photo by spatuletail / Shutterstock.comRead More
New Groups Aim to Spend Big on Election Ads Posted on July 23, 2010 (June 24, 2020) Democracy Amendments By SHARON THEIMER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two new groups – one Republican-leaning, the other pro-Democratic – seeking to capitalize on a Supreme Court ruling allowing the use of unlimited donations for ads targeting candidates have gotten the go-ahead from election officials. The Federal Election Commission on Thursday approved plans by the conservative Club for Growth and by Democratic activists to collect big contributions for ads on candidates. Both say the committees set up to run the ads will disclose their donors and spending to the FEC in publicly available reports. Read More
How Often Does Each SCOTUS Justice Side With the US Chamber of Commerce? Posted on June 28, 2010 (August 18, 2020) Democracy Amendments This graphic comes from a good report: PDF.Read More
Three questions with Jeffrey Clements Posted on June 26, 2010 (June 24, 2020) Democracy Amendments By Patrick Ball/Staff Writer, GateHouse News Service Concord — The Massachusetts Corporate Political Accountability Act is strong start but doesn’t fix the problem created by the Citizens United decision, according to Concord lawyer Jeffrey Clements. Read More
Citizens United panel at America’s Future Now! Conference Posted on June 22, 2010 (June 30, 2020) Democracy Amendments Read More
Massachusetts Legislators Back Free Speech for People (Not Corporate Persons) Posted on June 21, 2010 (June 30, 2020) Democracy Amendments The corporatocracy rolls on in a wave of black goo, drowning pelicans and our representative republic. Steps that could limit CEO pay or require disclosure of corporate election funding are killed or stalled. But good news exists as well and it comes from the states. Today it’s Massachusetts. This is a model of how we will save this republic. Read More