After the Citizens United decision last year, leaders like Representative Cory Atkins, Bill Strauss and Senator Jamie Eldridge worked hard on legislative responses to the damage that Citizens United did to our democracy. But they also called for Congress to send to the states a Constitutional amendment to overturn the decision and the fabrication of corporate rights.
Now a bipartisan group of more than 50 law professors and former public servants, including former Massachusetts AGs Frank Bellotti and Scott Harshbarger and former Arizona (and Republican) AG Grant Woods, agree about Citizens United and the need to examine adoption of a Constitutional amendment. Here’s there letter, which was drafted and organized by Free Speech for People. I serve as general counsel of Free Speech for People, and I hope you can join our efforts.
The GOP has found its ultimate sugar daddy and the corporate interests have found the perfect weapon.
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p>Dr. Chomsky hit the nail on the head 22 years ago when he predicted almost exactly this scenario in Manufacturing Consent.
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p>The entrenched interests will block any step towards limiting corporate donations with every inch of their fiber. If serious debate ever happens again on this subject, the groups will spend tens of millions of anonymous dollars to convince the public that “FREEDOM” is being taken away from the people.
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p>They already know they can “sell” a war. They sure as hell know they can sell “FREEDOM.”
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p>It is my humble opinion that democracy for, and by, the people (actual living human beings) is no more. It was fun while it lasted.
Barney Frank recently observed that the current Supreme Court is one of the most activist in our history.
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p>The Citizens United decision is probably the most extreme case of judicial activism since Bush vs. Gore.