Thursday, January 21, 2010

Click The Link, Sign The Petition.

Here is a petition to amend the constitution to provide that corporations are not people, and are not entitled to the same constitutional rights as people. This would have the effect of erasing the Supreme Court's decision today that gives corporations the right to spend unlimited money to buy politicians and elections.

http://www.movetoamend.org/

From their website:


"We the corporations"

On January 21, 2010, with its ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Supreme Court ruled that corporations are persons, entitled by the U.S. Constitution to buy elections and run our government. Human beings are people; corporations are legal fictions. The Supreme Court is misguided in principle, and wrong on the law. In a democracy, the people rule.

We Move to Amend.

We, the People of the United States of America, reject the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United, and move to amend our Constitution to:

Firmly establish that money is not speech, and that human beings, not corporations, are persons entitled to constitutional rights.

Guarantee the right to vote and to participate, and to have our votes and participation count.

Protect local communities, their economies, and democracies against illegitimate "preemption" actions by global, national, and state governments.

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