Another day. Another Supreme Court decision that pushes America further down the road toward government of and for the oligarchs.

In National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission, the Court once again strengthened a campaign finance doctrine built on one of the most absurd legal fictions ever embraced by the judiciary: that spending money to influence elections is the equivalent of free speech. 

Let's call that what it is - a doctrine that gives those with the most money the loudest voice.

A billionaire can spend millions. A multinational corporation can spend millions more. The rest of us get one vote and hope someone is listening.

This isn't political equality. It's legalized inequality.

The Court continues to build on the devastation wrought by Citizens United, moving us further from a democracy where every citizen has an equal voice and closer to one where wealth alone determines political power. Every new crack in campaign finance law widens the gap between ordinary Americans and the interests that can afford armies of lobbyists, lawyers, consultants, and political operatives.

And this decision isn't happening in a vacuum.

At the same time, the Trump administration is threatening to withhold tens of millions of dollars in federal homeland security funds from states unless they adopt a sweeping set of election changes which would make voting more difficult for some eligible Americans and further concentrate political power. Whether it's weakening campaign finance safeguards or reshaping election rules, the cumulative effect is the same: democracy becomes less accountable to We the People.

Campaign finance law isn't merely about campaign finance.

It influences every issue that impacts our lives. 

From healthcare - to education, from affordable housing- to a livable environmental, from income inequality to a burgeoning militarized for-profit immigration camps - we are witnessing the extraction of all that is necessary for life, liberty and pursuits of happiness.

It's being wrenched away. 

The winners: those who already have extraordinary wealth and extraordinary access.

Move to Amend has been sounding the alarm for years: corporations are not people, and money is not speech. Until we reject the idea that writing bigger checks is the same as exercising constitutional rights, our elections will remain vulnerable to domination by concentrated wealth.

This is bigger than one Court case. Bigger than one administration. Bigger than one election.

It is about whether democracy belongs to the people- or whether it has become another commodity that can be bought, sold, and controlled.

Congress has the power to begin changing this—but only if they hear from us. Tell your representative to support the We the People Amendment (H.J.Res. 54) and help restore a government accountable to people, not concentrated wealth.

History will not remember this era for technical debates over campaign finance regulations.

It will remember whether we stood by while democracy was transformed into an auction.

The answer won't come from the Supreme Court. It won't come from billionaires. And it won't come from the corporations pouring money into our politics.

It will come from citizens who refuse to accept that democracy is for sale.

Organize.

Vote.

Demand constitutional change that puts people before money.

Support the We the People Amendment to restore the principle that political equality- not financial power - is the foundation of self-government.

Because if we don't flip the script on the dangerous myth that money equals speech, we shouldn't be surprised when only the richest voices are heard.

Democracy isn't supposed to belong to the highest bidder.

It's supposed to belong to all of us. And only together can we make the ideals of Democracy a reality. 

Love and solidarity,
Alfonso, Greg, Jessica, Jason, Tara, Cole, Shelly, George, Daniel, Kelsey, Jennie, Keyan, & Katie