Tag Archives: Fourth Amendment

Restore the Fourth… Let’s start by holding Levin and Stabenow accountable

By Mark | June 30, 2013

On the Fourth of July, people around the country will be joining together to protest the illegal domestic spying activities of the American government at what are being called “Restore the Fourth” rallies… The reference, of course, is to Amendment IV of the Bill of Rights, which guarantees “the right of the people to be […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged big brother, Bill of Rights, Carl Levin, Christopher Jon Sprigman, Debbie Stabenow, domestic spying, Fourth of July, James Clapper, Jennifer Stisa Granick, NSA, Obama, Patriot Act, privacy, Ron Wyden, Stanford Center for Internet and Society, surveillance, Surveillance State, warrantless searches | 10 Comments

Move to Amend chapter to open in Ypsi/Arbor, challenge concept of corporate personhood

By Mark | August 3, 2011

Some local folks are starting an Ypsi/Arbor chapter of a national organization dedicated to the elimination of so-called “corporate personhood.” Their names are Reagan M. Sova and Joel Skene, and I thought that I’d take the opportunity to ask them some questions. Following is our brief, but dense conversation. MARK: So, I hear that you’re […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Corporate Crime, Economics, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 14th amendment, abuse of power, Adam Smith, are corporations people, Article V, Brown v. Board of Education, Buckley v. Valeo, Citizens United, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Constitutional amendments, constitutionalists, corporate fascism, corporate personhood, corporate speech, corporate takeover of politics, corporations, corporations are not people, Fire Rick Snyder, First Amendment, fourteenth amendment, Free Speech, Frenchie's, Glenn Greenwald, graduated income tax, grassroots organizations, Inherently Unequal: The Betrayal of Equal Rights by the Supreme Court 1865-1903, J.C. Bancroft Davis, Jean Baudrillard, Joel Skene, Julian Assange, Laurence Goldstone, legal precedent, masters of mankind, Michele Bachmann, money as free speech, Move to Amend, Nancy Reagan, National Lawyers Guild, New York Railway, Noam Chomsky, organic institutions, Reagan M. Sova, Reagan Sova, recall, reconstruction, Rick Snyder, Ronald Reagan, Santa Clara Blues: Corporate Personhood and Democracy, Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad, Sheila Tate, slavery, Supreme Court, the rule of law, threats to Democracy, William Meyer | 26 Comments

Connect

Recent Comments

BUY LOCAL... or shop at Amazon through this link

Banner Initiative

Non Local Blogger 2

Elsewhere

Shop at Amazon