It's Time for a Constitutional Amendment

Record spending in the 2010 election -- including hundreds of millions of corporate dollars -- has shown us clearly what’s wrong with the idea that corporations have a right to spend limitless money on elections, as if they were people. When corporations take over our democracy, people lose.

In January 2010, a closely divided Supreme Court opened the floodgates, ruling that corporations have a Constitutional “free speech” right to spend money on elections. The court trampled on decades of settled law, including the new McCain-Feingold law enacted just a few years ago by members of Congress from both parties.

Corporations (and the Supreme Court) are out of control. It’s time to take back our democracy. Sign on now:

It’s time for a Constitutional amendment to make it clear that Free Speech and other Constitutional rights are for people, not corporations.

A Constitutional amendment is the right answer when the court over-reaches and tries to keep democracy out of the hands of the people. We’ve amended the Constitution 27 times, securing voting rights for women, African-Americans, and people as young as 18, and making it clear that Senators must be elected by popular vote.

A Constitutional amendment is the right answer now, to take America back from the corporations. Polling shows that the public disagrees strongly with the Court’s decision favoring corporate “speech”.[1]

Fortunately, corporations and the Supreme Court do not have the last word. We, the people, do.

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[1]: Washington Post: “Poll: Large majority opposes Supreme Court's decision on campaign financing,” 2/17/10.