Category: Democracy Amendments

The Supreme Court has done it again. Today, a divided Supreme Court issued its ruling in the McCutcheon v. FEC case, striking down longstanding limits on how much money any one individual can pour into political campaigns across the country.

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The Supreme Court has Ruled that "Gnomes Are People Too" citing the 2010 Citizens United court decision. Clipping of the article from the Daily News below.

April Fools!

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Click here to listen to a new interview with Free Speech For People President John Bonifaz on Between The Lines to discuss Justice Stevens’ new advocacy of a Constitutional Amendment to reform the current campaign finance system.

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This week Free Speech For People highlighted the fact that Justice John Paul Stevens has called for an amendment to get big money out in his new book. However, as our friends at Public Campaign pointed out, he wasn’t the only SCOTUS Justice to come out against the current campaign finance system.

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Justice John Paul Stevens has written a new book, and in it, he proposes six potential amendments to the Constitution — including one to reform the current campaign finance system. It reads:

Neither the First Amendment nor any other provision of this Constitution shall be construed to prohibit the Congress or any state from imposing reasonable limits on the amount of money that candidates for public office, or their supporters, may spend in election campaigns.

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Read this new op-ed from Free Speech For People Co-Founder John Bonifaz and Free Speech For People’s Legal Advocacy Member James G. Exum Jr. Justice Exum is also a distinguished professor of the Judicial Process at Elon University School of Law, and served as a justice on the N.C. Supreme Court, from 1975-1994, including as chief justice, from 1986-1994.

It reads:

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Check out this new video we created of Ellen R. from New Hampshire. In the video, she takes on her town council and effectively turns a "No" into a "Yes" about getting a local resolution passed to overturn Citizens United and get big money out of politics. 

Click below to watch.

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Recently we had the opportunity to interview shareholder activist Robert AG Monks about his thoughts regarding Citizens United and the corporatization of democracy. Click to watch the short interview below:

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Recently proponents to overturn the 2010 Citizens United decision gathered at the State Capitol in Nebraska to demonstrate support for a legislative resolution that asks Congress to overturn the decision with a constitutional amendment.

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Proponents of election spending limits urged Nebraska to join a national effort Thursday to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s controversial Citizens United decision. Four years ago, the high court ruled political spending is a form of free speech.

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In a new article from Melissa Attias at CQ Roll Call "Contraception Case Spurs Legal Briefs From Dozens of Members of Congress" our Legal Advisory Director Ron Fein was quoted in regards to our new amicus brief we submitted in the Conestoga Wood v. Sebelius Supreme Court Case.

The segment reads,

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