Citizens United Backlash Grows from Cali. to NYC Urging Congress to Overturn Corporate Personhood

[Zorra]

Thursday 5 January 2012
by: Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, Democracy NOW! | Report

Adding to a growing nationwide backlash against the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling, California lawmakers have introduced a resolution that calls on Congress to "propose and send to the states for ratification a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United." The New York City Council has just passed a similar resolution, echoing measures passed in Los Angeles, Oakland, Albany and Boulder. We speak to Public Citizen President Robert Weissman; California Assemblymember Bob Wieckowski, who introduced the state’s Citizens United resolution; and New York City Council Member and measure co-sponsor Melissa Mark-Viverito. "I think it taps into the sentiment that we’re seeing around the country growing, regarding Occupy Wall Street, where people really feel that government is disconnected from the vast majority of the population, and because of this influence that corporate interests have," Mark-Viverito says.

http://www.truth-out.org/citizens-united-backlash-grows-cali-nyc-urging-congress-overturn-corporate-personhood/1325794067

OCCUPY!

[SalviaBlue]

1. K&R - thanks for the link

[Uncle Joe]

2. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Zorra.

[Zorra]

3. My pleasure, Uncle Joe.

I believe that we are going to win this one eventually.

[Zorra]

5. With the changes that will eventually be brought about by Occupy.

I totally understand your point.

[Buns_of_Fire]

6. But remember, members of both parties are also in danger of getting bitten in the ass by it, too.

As soon as BOTH parties realize that their OWN cushy jobs can be undermined, I think there might be some action.