The mandate is clear.

Overwhelming majorities across parties see corruption as a major problem and back measures to limit self-dealing by officials and the influence of money in politics.

The We the People Amendment is the only appropriate response to the size of the problem. Now comes the test: will elected leaders confront corporate rule—and will we keep the pressure on until they do?

Voters have handed Democrats control of the House and Senate amid frustration over blatant corruption, continuation of endless wars, and the ever-growing wealth grift. For Move to Amend, the mandate is clear: leaders who promised to confront concentrated wealth and corporate influence must deliver structural change.

People need healthcare they can afford, housing they can stay in, clean water, safe workplaces, and a livable future. They deserve a government accountable to living human beings.

No party has earned permission to substitute its own corporate donors for the other party’s corporate donors.

Across the country, winning candidates campaigned on confronting big money and political corruption—including Jon Ossoff in Georgia, James Talarico in Texas, Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, Troy Jackson in Maine, Josh Turek in Iowa, Peggy Flanagan in Minnesota, Chris Pappas in New Hampshire, and Annie Andrews in South Carolina in Senate races, alongside Bob Brooks in Pennsylvania and Don Leonard in Ohio in House races. Their commitments included overturning Citizens United, rejecting corporate PAC contributions, and cracking down on dark money. Many including Ossoff, Turek, and Jackson explicitly called for constitutional change. Now those promises must become legislative leadership: champion the We the People Amendment and organize the support to advance it.

From Election Promises to Constitutional Change: A Supporter’s Outreach Guide

The test begins now: what will elected officials do with the power voters have entrusted to them—and what will we organize to demand?

Seize the opening: make the amendment a priority

Incoming lawmakers are setting their priorities. Congressional leaders are deciding which demands receive attention and which get pushed aside.

The We the People Amendment must be on that agenda from the beginning.

Introduced as H.J.Res. 54 in the current Congress, the amendment would establish that constitutional rights belong to natural persons only and require government to regulate election spending. It would prohibit courts from treating that spending as protected speech.

Current representatives should support H.J.Res. 54 now. Incoming representatives should commit to cosponsoring and championing its reintroduction during their first 100 days. Senators should commit to introducing and advancing a companion resolution.

The amendment will be reintroduced in the next Congress, and our demand will not change.

We expect lawmakers to recruit colleagues, demand hearings, speak publicly, and organize the support necessary to advance the amendment toward passage and ratification.

If you campaigned on confronting corporate power, changing the constitutional rules that protect it must be part of how you govern.

Every issue brings us back to power

WHATEVER ISSUE BRINGS YOU HERE, CORPORATE POWER STANDS IN THE WAY.

That power did not happen by accident. It was built through political spending, lobbying, concentrated ownership, and court decisions extending constitutional protections to corporations.

Healthcare corporations influence the officials deciding healthcare policy. Fossil fuel interests' obscure facts and fight climate protections. Corporate landlords resist tenant protections. Employers spend to defeat policies that would strengthen workers’ bargaining power, while for-profit education interests' guts our public education.

The consequences show up in our bills, our paychecks, our communities, and our futures.

That is why the movements for Medicare for All, climate action, labor rights, affordable housing, and stronger antitrust enforcement have a shared stake in constitutional change.

We need to win public protections—and strengthen the people’s power to defend and expand them.

A congressional majority does not erase corporate constitutional power

Good intentions and ambitious legislation face a legal system in which corporations can invoke constitutional rights to challenge democratic regulation.

Corporate lawyers can use First Amendment claims to contest restrictions on corporate political spending. But corporate constitutional power reaches beyond elections.

In Marshall v. Barlow’s, Inc. (1978), the Supreme Court upheld a corporation’s Fourth Amendment challenge to warrantless OSHA workplace safety inspections. The decision required a warrant or an applicable exception—not an end to inspections.

In Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid (2021), agricultural employers successfully challenged California’s rule granting union organizers limited access to their property. The Court treated that access as a taking requiring compensation under the Fifth Amendment.

Corporations can also invoke the Fourteenth Amendment’s equal protection guarantees to challenge state and local taxes.

Not every corporate challenge succeeds. But passing a law does not end the struggle over who holds power.

A progressive majority must anticipate that struggle. It must pursue immediate reforms while confronting the court-created constitutional doctrines corporations use to resist public accountability.

The We the People Amendment will not automatically enact universal healthcare, break up monopolies, or secure a union contract. Those victories require their own organizing and legislation.

It would remove a powerful constitutional shield corporations use against the people’s right to govern.

We cannot keep treating that work as something to address after every other fight is won.

Keep the campaign networks active

To everyone who worked to elect leaders promising change: your organizing power is needed right now.

Keep the group chats active. Bring the canvassing team to a district meeting. Ask your union, student organization, community group, or campaign network to make the amendment a legislative demand.

Influencers who encouraged people to vote can use their platforms to press for action. Campaign volunteers can become constituent delegations. Election coalitions can become sustained public pressure.

Ask your representative:

Will you champion the We the People Amendment in your first 100 days, and what specific steps will you take to advance it?

Ask your senators:

Will you help introduce a Senate companion and organize support for it?

Request public answers. Set follow-up dates. Thank lawmakers who lead. Organize pressure on those who stall.

Do not wait for the first broken promise to start organizing.

The people who helped win these elections must have a voice in what happens next.

We built the mandate. Now make it impossible to ignore.

Move to Amend’s mission does not change with the party holding a majority. We are building a democracy where constitutional rights belong to human beings and wealth does not determine whose voice counts.

We have never had a true democracy. Creating one requires confronting the rules that allow concentrated wealth to dominate public life.

This election has created an opening. An opening can be used. It can also be squandered.

Complacency gives corporate interests more room to set the agenda. Sustained organizing gives the people the power to demand something better.

Join Move to Amend. Organize your campaign networks. Request a meeting with your members of Congress. Demand that the We the People Amendment become a first-100-days priority.

The people gave them the office. Now we must insist they use it to challenge corporate rule.

Seize this moment. Keep the pressure on. Build the power to pass the amendment.

End Corporate Rule. Legalize Democracy.

In solidarity and determination,

Alfonso, Jessica, Jason, Tara, George, Daniel, Kelsey, Jennie, Keyan, Greg and Katie

P.S.

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Every section helps visitors understand what we’re building—and find their place in it. Your donation helps turn this new website into a stronger tool for education, organizing, and action. Help us bring it to life!

The homepage will still feature our most-used tools—with easier access to stories, events, and ways to take action. Whether you want to volunteer, contact Congress, or organize in your community, you’ll find a clearer path to getting involved.

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