Update: I finally got the time I needed to make the fixes to the site (hours upon hours of downtime in an airport with free wi-fi did the trick!). There may be more problems buried deep but it seems to…
News and notes from the movement to pass a constitutional amendment to overturn the Citizens United ruling and all that that implies… Resolution Passes First Major Legislative Hurdle Calif. Assemblyman Mike Gatto’s (D-Los Angeles) legislation to limit corporate…
News and notes from the movement to pass a constitutional amendment to overturn the Citizens United ruling and all that that implies… 11 Members Of Congress Who Are Sick Of Fundraising Three more states consider rebelling against…
“Supreme Court opinion notwithstanding, corporations are not defined as people under the Constitution, and free speech can hardly be called free when only the rich are heard.” — Warren Rudman, late former U.S. Senator (R) from New Hampshire (1980-1993) In…
H.J. Res. 31 (113th Congress) Introduced by Rep. A. Schiff [CA-28] Co-sponsors: None Legal Personhood: n/a Money as Speech: D- Marketability: D- [This proposal is nearly identical to the one Rep. Schiff introduced in the 112th Congress. The only difference…
H.J. Res. 25 (113th Congress) Introduced by Rep. D. Edwards [MD-4] Co-sponsors: n/a Legal Personhood: n/a Money as Speech: D Marketability: F [This proposal is identical to the one introduced by Rep. Edwards in the 112th Congress.] Section 1.…
S.J. Res. 5 (113th Congress) Introduced by Sen. M. Baucus [MT] Co-sponsors: n/a Legal Personhood: n/a Money as Speech: D Marketability: B- [This proposal is identical to the proposal Sen. Baucus introduced in the 112th Congress.] Section 1. Congress shall…
H.J. Res. 12 (113th Congress) H.J. Res. 13 (113th Congress) H.J. Res. 14 (113th Congress) Introduced by Rep. M. Kaptur [OH-9] Co-sponsors: n/a Legal Personhood: F Money as Speech: D Marketability: F [H.J. Res. 14 combines H.J. Res. 12 and…
From Democracy Now! a debate on the merits of the amendment movement itself between John Bonifaz, co-founder and director of Free Speech for People, and Mark Schmitt, senior fellow at the Roosevelt Institute and former editor of The American Prospect.…