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Departments National Issues Constitutional amendment introduced in Congress ensuring rights for people, not corporations: Reps. Nolan & Pocan respond to hundreds of local resolutions calling for We the People¯ Amendment 1. Rights recognized under the Constitution belong to human beings only, and not to government-created artificial legal entities such as corporations and limited liability companies; and 2. Political campaign spending is not a form of speech protected under the First Amendment. In making the announcement, lead sponsor Rep. Rick Nolan (DFL-Minnesota), said: It’s time to take the shaping and molding of public policy out of corporate boardrooms, away from the corporate lobbyists, and put it back in city halls back with county boards and state legislatures and back in the Congress where it belongs.¯ Ben Manski, a spokesperson for Move to Amend, agreed, saying: Today, members of Congress join a movement that insists on the fundamental equality of all Americans, and that rejects the idea that the corporate class should have special protections against We the People. The Move to Amend coalition was formed in 2009 in preparation for the Supreme Courts 2010 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision. Today, the coalition of nearly 260,000 people and hundreds of organizations has helped to pass nearly 500 resolutions in municipalities and local governments across the country calling on the state and federal governments to adopt this amendment. The Move to Amend coalition makes a point of differentiating themselves from the other proposals that have come forward in response to Citizens United. "In every single community where Americans have had the opportunity to call for a Constitutional amendment to outlaw corporate personhood, they have seized it and voted yes overwhelmingly, stated George Friday, Move to Amend spokesperson. The Citizens United decision is not the cause, it is a symptom. We must remove big money and special interests from the legal and political process entirely." Glenn Turner, 917-817-3396, Glenn Turner Shayna Samuels, 718-541-4785, Shayna Samuels On the ground in DC: Ben Manski, 707-269-0984, Move to Amend |
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