We the People, Not 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.

We, the People of the United States of America, reject the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United and other related cases, 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.

The Supreme Court is misguided in principle, and wrong on the law. In a democracy, the people rule.

We Move to Amend.

". . . corporations have no consciences, no beliefs, no feelings, no thoughts, no desires. Corporations help structure and facilitate the activities of human beings, to be sure, and their 'personhood' often serves as a useful legal fiction. But they are not themselves members of “We the People” by whom and for whom our Constitution was established."

             ~Supreme Court Justice Stevens, January 2010

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Brett Kava-NO!

August 30, 2018

Well, Trump has done it again… But it is no surprise, is it?

Brett Kavanaugh's record is so incredibly anti-women, anti-consumer, and anti-accountability that if confirmed by the Senate, Trump and his corporate crony friends will have made this Supreme Court one of the most radically undemocratic Courts in this nation's history. 

Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data during Calif. wildfire

August 21, 2018

Verizon Wireless' throttling of a fire department that uses its data services has been submitted as evidence in a lawsuit that seeks to reinstate federal net neutrality rules.

"County Fire has experienced throttling by its ISP, Verizon," Santa Clara County Fire Chief Anthony Bowden wrote in a declaration. "This throttling has had a significant impact on our ability to provide emergency services. Verizon imposed these limitations despite being informed that throttling was actively impeding County Fire's ability to provide crisis-response and essential emergency services."

Bomb that killed 40 children and wounded another 56 in Yemen was developed by top US military contractor Lockheed Martin

August 19, 2018

The bomb that was used by the Saudi-led coalition that killed more than 40 children in Yemen earlier this month was sold in an arms deal that was sanctioned by the US State Department.

Munition experts were able to determine that the weapon used to kill dozens on August 9 was a 500lb laser-guided MK 82 bomb made by Lockheed Martin...

Suffragists made it happen!

August 18, 2018

The constitution has been amended 27 times! TWENTY-SEVEN! That is 27 times that the people exercised their supreme power and made adjustments.

Today, we celebrate the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which finally ended discrimination against women's right to vote! It's a glorious reminder that all change comes from a group of passionate people who fight until they achieve victory!

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