Move to Amend: End Corporate Rule. Legalize Democracy.
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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Upcoming events
Wednesday, June 07, 2023 at 06:00 PM · 1 rsvp
Randolph & McCulloch Freedom's Struggle Complex in Piqua, OHPIQUA, OH: Presentation on Ranked Choice Voting
Join us for an informative presentation on ranked choice voting at our next meeting, 6-7:30 p.m., Wed., June 7, at the Randolph & McCulloch Freedom’s Struggle Complex (an accessible facility), 655 N. Main St., Piqua. Our guest speaker will be Jim Warner, of Rank the Vote Ohio. Mr. Warner will explain ranked choice voting, provide a historic context, and describe the benefits of this voting system. A short business meeting will follow Mr. Warner’s presentation and will include two short videos about the women’s suffrage movement.
If you can’t meet with us in person, view Mr. Warner’s presentation live via Zoom using the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85869834336?pwd=WTVtMUpqU0RqVm5MQ2JMZSt2WjVkZz09. Or join using meeting ID 858 6983 4336 and passcode 025850. For questions or more information, write to [email protected].
Thursday, June 08, 2023 at 05:00 PM
ONLINE: Ecology Network Call
You are invited to join Ecology Network Call! RSVP below!
A space focused on the relationship between corporate power and environmental catastrophe. We’re interested in gathering with folks who, like us, want an end to corporate destruction of the Earth for-profit and to create alternatives for a truly livable world.
Move to Amend has focused on ending the constitutional rights for corporations in the United States which are used to get away with; dangerous fracking and pipelines, spewing oil and toxic waste into the water, mountaintop removal, usurping community rights and violating treaties, and every other shameful action corporations take in the pursuit of maximum profit.
We have one perspective and hold one piece of the work, but the fight for the survival of animals and ecosystems will take many of us. The is a space where we invite folks who are fighting this fight to come and share with us, help strengthen the public education we do and uplift your work and connect with other threads of the movement.
Second Thursday at 5pm PT/ 8pm ET
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What's New
WTP vs Corporate Rule
Anyone anywhere can watch the May 2023 program on “Glen’s Parallax Perspectives” TV series – and/or read the thorough summary Move to Amend supporter Glen Anderson typed up about what we said during the TV interview.
WATCH
We the People vs Corporate Rule: It's Up to Us!https://youtu.be/NQHgc2qndJU
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14th Amendment interpretation
It’s rare that any Constitutional Amendment receives “15 minutes of fame” in the news other than the First and Second Amendments.
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What we’ve accomplished…because of you!
Together, we have achieved remarkable progress, but our journey is far from over!
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Help stop corporations from preempting local democracy
Question: What do the following realities have in common: raising the minimum wage, protecting worker safety, controlling money in politics, preventing fracking, regulating guns, providing paid leave, providing municipal broadband, outlawing loan sharking, rent controls, increasing business taxes, and even banning the use of plastic bags?'
The answer is, of course, preemption – the overturning of local laws by either a state legislature or federal court. Local laws intended to protect the health, safety and welfare of local residents and communities – whether enacted by local elected officials or citizen-driven ballot initiatives – are invalidated.
Hundreds of these and other laws across the country are being challenged across the country.
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It's past time to Move the Senate to Amend!
It's past time to Move the Senate to Amend!
We need strong senators, and we have long-time supporters in the running!
Representatives Adam Schiff, Barbara Lee and Katie Porter from California districts are running to succeed Dianne Feinstein who will be retiring from the Senate.
All three have been co-sponsors of the We the People Amendment!
This gives us a great opportunity to work on getting the We the People Amendment introduced in the Senate, and we need your help.
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