Resolutions Passed by Localities and States in Support

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Individuals, organizations and communities support an amendment to the U.S. Constitution containing the two main components of the We the People Amendment: abolishing political money in elections defined as First Amendment-protected free speech and declaring corporations “are not persons” (or equivalent) and/or ending corporate constitutional rights.

Hundreds of thousands of individuals have signed our Motion to Amend petition, hundreds of local, state and national organizations have endorsed our cause, and 680 communities and several states have passed public resolutions, as of January, 2020. These resolutions were passed by elected political bodies (i.e. state legislatures, or county/city/town/village councils), residents who voted at Town Hall meetings, or by voters following organized campaigns by Move to Amend supporters across the country to secure sufficient legal signatures on an initiative petition.

Tens of millions of individuals live in the states and localities that have supported amending the Constitution to abolish “money as speech” and corporate constitutional rights.

Passing resolutions in public jurisdictions was at one time a key strategy of Move to Amend in raising public awareness, recruiting and training volunteers, applying political pressure for the We the People Amendment and building organizational power in coalition with others. While it remains a part of our work, our major strategies toward building power to pass the We the People Amendment and work for fundamental democracy have shifted.

These passed resolutions indicate this is not a fringe movement. Nor is it a movement with the singular goal to “end Citizens United” or only focus on getting big money our of elections from the super wealthy. Move to Amend is dedicated to educating and organize to terminate corporations rule. While only one step, it’s a critical one toward the realization of authentic democracy — for the very first time.

We believe that any constitutional amendment must mandate, not be optional or discretionary, that government shall have the authority to determine political campaign contributions and expenditures and that Constitutional rights are the rights exclusively of natural persons.

Constitutional rights were intended solely for human beings. Corporate entities are creations of the state and were intended to be tools to serve the public good.

Go here for information on how to organize a resolution campaign in your community. 

Move to Amend's Law & Research Committee

Articles, fact sheets, reports and charts produced by this committee

Researching Corporate Rule / Corporate Constitutional Rights - An introduction to our work 

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How Corporate Constitutional Rights Harm You, Your Family, Your Community, Your Environment, and Your Democracy

Part I: Corporate constitutional rights have no legal basis and negatively affect your property rights, environmental protection, worker safety, and community health

Part II: Corporate constitutional rights allowing corporations “right” not to speak and commercial speech “rights” conceal important information from consumers and employees, and expose children to tobacco

Corporate "Hijack" series

Corporate Hijacking of the 1st Amendment - [political “free speech”] 

Corporate Hijacking of the 1st Amendment - [excluding political free speech] 

Corporate Hijacking of the 4th Amendment 

Corporate Hijacking of the 5th Amendment 

Corporate Hijacking of the 14th Amendment 

Corporate Hijacking of the Contracts Clause 

Corporate Hijacking of the Commerce Clause 

The We the People Amendment: The Constitutional Amendment to Counter Political Corruption and the Corporate Hijacking of the Constitution - "white paper" provided to elected officials and organizational leaders when asking for co-sponsorship or endorsement

Myths of Harmful Unintended Consequences of Abolishing Corporate Personhood

We the People Amendment comparison series

Side-by-Side Comparison: Move to Amend's We The People Amendment, (HJR 48) and the Democracy for All Amendment (HJR 2)

Side-by-Side Comparison: Move to Amend's We The People Amendment, (HJR 48) and HJR 57, Rep. Adam Schiff’s Amendment

Comparing the For the People Act (HR1) to the We the People Amendment (HJR 48)

Do We Need a Constitutional Amendment Now that the Green New Deal Has Been Introduced?

Corporate Rule Transcends Citizens United - report published to mark the 10th Anniversary of Citizens United Supreme Court decision -- containing many of the above pieces

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Move to Amend's Model Corporate Code Working Group 

Vision Statement