Sherrod Brown's petition vs corporate $$ in politics

[Nancy Waterman]

He is trying to get a groundswell of support to fight the effects of the SC decision. Please sign his petition:

http://sherrodbrown.com/site/petition

[Cha]

1. Thank you, Nancy.. I linked a petition in the BOG

to undo the scotus ruling too..put up by Free Speech For People.

http://freespeechforpeople.org/petition

This is encouraging along with Donna Edwards' introducing the Amendment to Undo the Ruling..

"What did the Supreme Court just do to our democracy?"

"On January 21, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that corporations are entitled to spend unlimited funds in our elections.

The First Amendment was never intended to protect corporations.

This cannot stand. Sign up to protest this decision and protect our democracy! Free speech is for people — not corporations."

much more w/video with Professor of Law Jamie Raskin>
http://freespeechforpeople.org /

"American citizens have repeatedly amended the Constitution to defend democracy when the Supreme Court acts in collusion with democracy's enemies, whether they are slavemasters, states imposing poll taxes on voters, or the opponents of woman suffrage. Today, the Court has enthroned corporations, permitting them not only all kinds of special economic rights but now, amazingly, moving to grant them the same political rights as the people. This is a moment of high danger for democracy so we must act quickly to spell out in the Constitution what the people have always understood: that corporations do not enjoy the political and free speech rights that belong to the people of the United States."

- Professor Jamin Raskin, constitutional law expert at American University's Washington College of Law

Thank you, Senator Sherrod Brown~

[Forkboy]

2. K&R

[pleah]

3. K&R

[polichick]

4. Just saw him on Ed - one of the good ones! Petition signed. k&r

[mascarax]

5. K&R

Really, really like Sherrod Brown.

[OhioBlue]

6. kick

I signed.

[mascarax]

7. Kick - please sign - over 10,000 have so far!

Just read his email, asking for us to spread the word.

From his email: "If big oil companies who stand in the way of creating jobs through renewable energy development want to try and buy elections, the voters need to know whose side they're on. If health insurance companies who oppose reform at the expense of millions of Americans are going to play an out-sized role in our democracy, we need to hold them accountable for every penny they spend."

www.sherrodbrown.com/Site/petition

[ChiciB1]

8. Good For Him... Done! n/t