Please join Nancy Price and Steve Justino members of the Move To Amend movement and organizers of Occupy The Courts to discuss the event and where we go from here. Please call into the show at (646) 929-2495 or listen to the show at LISTEN HERE, Check out Annabel excellent blog post below.
Coffee Party Joins Move to Amend to Occupy the Courts Jan. 20
by Annabel Park Founder Of Coffee Party USA
It is official. The People’s backlash against the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision is on! From Los Angeles to New York City, from Montana to Vermont, from city councils to state supreme courts, from state legislatures to occupations, people are standing up and saying, “No! Corporations are not people. No! Unlimited, anonymous money to purchase our elections is not the same as free speech.”
The grassroots coalition Move to Amend is at the forefront of this nationally coordinated campaign to help local groups advance ballot initiatives and resolutions rejecting the 2010 Supreme Court decision that opened the floodgates to unlimited special interest money manipulating elections and dictating policy.
To mark the second anniversary of the Citizens United decision, we are calling on citizens, activists, organizations and lawmakers to Occupy the Courts on Friday, January 20, 2012. Americans are gathering at over 80 federal courts, including the Supreme Court, to proclaim these truths: 1) Rights recognized under the Constitution belong to human beings only, and not to artificial legal entities such as corporations, Super PACs, or labor unions; and 2) Political campaign spending is not a form of speech protected under the First Amendment.
These nationwide protests in front of U.S. federal courts will kick off petition drives in local communities to put resolutions on the ballot calling for a constitutional amendment to abolish corporate personhood
