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.
". . . 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
Please join us for a conversation with Suzanne O'Shea about her recent visit to the Palestinian West Bank.
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Suzanne will share her experiences, key takeaways, and reflections from the visit. We'll also explore how the experience connects with the Move to Amend mission to challenge corporate rule, defend human rights, and build a democracy that serves people and communities.
As a member of the Move to Amend Law and Research Committee, this conversation will provide an important perspective on the relationship between law, concentrated power, and democratic accountability.
Test your constitutional knowledge in a lively game-show format where every question concerns the U.S. Constitution. Together, we'll celebrate Constitution Day, learn a few things, share some laughs, and examine a system in which corporations and corporate elites wield outsized political power.
Bring your friends, your sense of humor, and your best constitutional expertise. No trillionaire status required!
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The strength of Move to Amend has always been our people. Across the country, supporters are contributing their creativity, knowledge, relationships, skills, and time to grow the movement for the We the People Amendment.
Sometimes that means organizing in your community. Sometimes it means teaching others about the Constitution. Sometimes it means bringing the movement into your union.
And sometimes, apparently, it means knitting.
Here are just a few of the people and partnerships helping build people power.
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Move to Amend is a coalition of hundreds of organizations and hundreds of thousands of individuals committed to social and economic justice, ending corporate rule, and building a vibrant democracy that is genuinely accountable to the people, not corporate interests. We call for an amendment to the US Constitution to unequivocally state that inalienable rights belong to human beings only, and that money is not a form of protected free speech under the First Amendment and can be regulated in political campaigns. Move to Amend © Move to Amend
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