Amend the Constitution
All of the Alliance's work and campaigns are focused on ending aspects of corporate rule. When it comes to our election system, we have advocated for public funding of elections at every level of government. And after the 2010 Citizens United v. FEC ruling, we joined with many other organizations to help found the Move to Amend coalition.
We support Move to Amend's call for a two-plank amendment which says that corporations are not entitled to the constitutional rights of real people, and that spending money in an election campaign is not a protected form of free speech.
Amending the Constitution to say that corporations aren't people is key to being able to effectively regulate corporate behavior. Corporate usurpation of personhood rights has led to attacks on labor law and environmental regulation, as well as influence over elections.
We offer a number of resources for people who want to organize on this issue.
Street theater and visibility ideas can be found here.
Organizing tools, including links to fliers, brochures, bumperstickers and signs, are here.
A special three-part series of Justice Rising looked at the issue of "Money in Democracy" from the perspectives of campaign finance, policy development and the "revolving door." Check back for a reader's guide to using these issues for a study group on corporate personhood, power, and influence.
We support Move to Amend's call for a two-plank amendment which says that corporations are not entitled to the constitutional rights of real people, and that spending money in an election campaign is not a protected form of free speech.
Amending the Constitution to say that corporations aren't people is key to being able to effectively regulate corporate behavior. Corporate usurpation of personhood rights has led to attacks on labor law and environmental regulation, as well as influence over elections.
We offer a number of resources for people who want to organize on this issue.
Street theater and visibility ideas can be found here.
Organizing tools, including links to fliers, brochures, bumperstickers and signs, are here.
A special three-part series of Justice Rising looked at the issue of "Money in Democracy" from the perspectives of campaign finance, policy development and the "revolving door." Check back for a reader's guide to using these issues for a study group on corporate personhood, power, and influence.
- Money in Democracy, Part 1: Reclaiming Our Elections
- Money in Democracy, Part 2: Who—or What—Occupies the Government Control Room
- Money in Democracy, Part 3: Policymakers—Committed to Public Values or Corporate Agendas?
