Tag Archive | citizens united
Most Americans think campaign money aids rich
This week, May 22-24, Reuters conducted a poll and found that seventy-five percent of Americans feel there is too much money in politics. Almost the same proportion – 76 percent – feel that the amount of money in elections has given rich people more influence than other Americans, the online survey found. “What we’re essentially […]
Campaign Finance Crisis Speech
The Campaign Legal Center represents the public interest in enforcement of campaign and media law. During this speech, Potter traces the evolution of the current campaign finance crisis and discusses an agenda to escape it if the political willpower can be mustered. The full text of the speech follows below: I am often asked how, after […]
Getting Money Out of Politics Is Not Partisan
Surprise! Not everyone has heard of the Citizens United 2010 Supreme Court decision. Research from the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press found that 54% of registered voters say they have heard about the decision that allows corporations and individuals to spend as much money as they want on political advertising as […]
U.S. Senate Constitution Subcommittee Hearing
July 17, 2012 is the date set for the hearing to examine pending constitutional proposals to remedy the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) has asked Constitution Subcommittee Chairman Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) to hold the hearing. A number of constitutional amendments have been introduced and will be examined […]
Is Government For Sale? Not In This Town!
A grassroots movement is coordinating an effort to pass resolutions through city and town councils and state legislatures that declare public support for a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United during the week of June 11, 2012. The awareness generated about campaign financing and the need for reform that this initiative can achieve is fundamental […]
Vermont Pushed Campaign to Overturn Citizens United
At least 56 cities and towns in Vermont voted nearly unanimously on super Tuesday on local resolutions challenging corporate personhood. This doesn’t change the Supreme Court’s ruling, but it is a demonstration of the average citizen exercising their political voice. Quite frankly, whether we have a pre-2010 campaign finance playing field or a post-2010 one […]
The 99% Declaration
The 99% Declaration has an action plan to demand changes from our government. This organization is electing 878 delegates and convening a national general assembly the week of July 4, 2012 in the city of Philadelphia to prepare and ratify a petition for a redress of grievances to be served upon the United States Congress, […]
Stop The Insanity Of Imprisoning The Voice Of Citizens!
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results – Albert Einstein Campaign finance is a popular topic currently in the political discussion. Is campaign finance reform really a novel idea? Haven’t we reformed and unreformed campaign financing long enough? Our society seems to be addicted to this cycle of […]
