PUT CITIZENS UNITED IN THE DUMPSTER OF BAD IDEAS
“Money isn’t speech
and corporations aren’t people”
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 310 (2010), a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the First Amendment prohibited the government from restricting independent political expenditures by corporations and unions. The nonprofit group Citizens United wanted to air a film critical of Hillary Clinton and to advertise the film during television broadcasts in apparent violation of the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (commonly known as the McCain–Feingold Act or “BCRA”). In a 5–4 decision, the Court held that portions of BCRA §203 violated the First Amendment.
Look, Citizens United was a disaster. The question is, what are we going to do about it? How are we going to stuff this “corporations are people, elections are auctions, democracy is for sale” mess into the Dumpster of Bad Ideas?
Here’s how: A constitutional amendment that puts power back in the hands of the people. The actual, human people.
Sign below to join me in calling for a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United.
PETITION
We, the undersigned, have had it. Corporations are not people. Elections should not be auctions. And we refuse to let our democracy be put up for sale.
We are standing together to call for a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United.
SIGNED,
Al Franken
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