Vermont
Announcements
Why We Need Bernie Sanders to Change His Amendment Proposal
April 15, 2012
While we have great respect for Senator Sanders, his amendment proposal is flawed. Learn more about the different amendment proposals here. Check out Move to Amend's amendment proposal here.
Vermont Senate Resolves to Abolish “Corporate Personhood”
April 13, 2012
Vermont is poised to become the first state to call for an amendment to abolish the doctrine known as “Corporate Personhood” which gives corporations constitutional rights meant to protect people.
Hawaii and New Mexico have passed resolutions against the Citizens United v. FEC ruling by the Supreme Court, but the Vermont resolution goes beyond simply overturning that case and aims to remove corporations from the constitution altogether and make clear that money is not speech and that campaign spending and political contributions can be regulated by the government.
MARCH 14-26: Move to Amend Northeast Barnstorming Tour
March 13, 2012
Move to Amend is barnstorming across the country, and we're coming to a town near you! Catch a talk in your area, and learn how you can get involved in the campaign to end corporate personhood and demand real democracy!
Press Coverage
We the people, not we the corporations, event March 14 & 15
April 3, 2012
VTdigger
For immediate release
Mar. 12, 2010
Contact
Marge Keough
Phone: (802) 498 3606
Email: mkeough@ madriver.com
David Cobb, Move To Amend.org with Senator Ginny Lyons and Jerry Greenfield
Wednesday, March 14th, 7 pm Big Picture Theater, Waitsfield
Thursday, March 15th, 7pm Ira Allen Chapel, UVM, Burlington
Free admission
What’s next for abolish corporate personhood movement in Vermont?
March 13, 2012
Burlington Free Press
David Cobb, spokesperson for the national initiative – Move to Amend – promoting an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to abolish corporate “personhood” visits Vermont this week.
Cobb is a lawyer and national projects director for Democracy Unlimited.
His two-stop tour in Vermont comes after 60 Vermont communities adopted resolutions at Town Meeting calling on Congress to adopt a 28th amendment to U.S. Constitution making clear that “corporations are not people” and “money is not speech.”
Vermont Pushes Against Citizens United
March 8, 2012
The Progressive
Vermonters pushed for a Constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United during this week’s Super Tuesday vote.
The 2010 Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision allows corporations to spend unlimited amount of money to influence elections.
Dozens of towns and cities took on this issue of money in politics. They passed initiatives and resolutions on town meeting agendas that called on the Vermont delegation in Congress to support an amendment making clear that corporations are not people under the Constitution.