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Saving Democracy from activist judges

By Mark | February 3, 2010

It was announced today, in response to the recent Supreme Court ruling giving corporations unprecedented influence over the American elections, that Representatives John Conyers and Donna Edwards had introduced a Constitutional amendment to remedy the situation. The amendment, which is being called the Free Speech for People Amendment, reads as follows: Amendment XXVIII Section 1. […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Other | Also tagged campaign funding, Constitutional amendments, corporate personhood, Donna Edwards, Fix Congress First, Free Speech for People Amendment, John Conyers, judicial activists, Lawrence Lessig, public funding of elections, Supreme Court | 99 Comments

Corporations given the green light to buy elections

By Mark | January 21, 2010

Last night, I posted a video here by Harvard professor Lawrence Lessig about the importance of getting corporate money out of politics. At the time, I agreed with the professor that corporations had way too much influence over American politics. Since I posted it, however, things have gotten considerably worse. This morning, the U.S. Supreme […]