Please join the Campaign to Legalize Democracy!

http://www.movetoamend.org.
Contact: FOR MORE INFORMATION, contact the Move to Amend Steering Committee:

Ben Manski, Liberty Tree (www.libertytree.org), (202) 642-1848, Manski@LibertyTreeFDR.org

Riki Ott, PhD, Ultimate Civics (www.ultimatecivics.org), (907)
424-3915, otter2@ak.net

Lisa Graves, Center for Media and Democracy (www.prwatch.org), (608)
260-9713, lisa@prwatch.org

David Cobb, Program on Corporations Law & Democracy
(www.poclad.org), (707) 362-0333, david@duhc.org

George Friday, National Director of Independent Progressive Politics
Network (www.ippn.org) (862) 668-8172, ippn@igc.org

Marybeth Gardam, Women's International League for Peace & Freedom
Corporations vs. Democracy Committee Leadership Team (www.wilpf.org),
(515) 210-7928, mbgardam@gmail.com

Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap, Democracy Unlimited of Humboldt County (www.duhc.org
) (707) 269-0984, kaitlin@duhc.org

Nancy Price, Alliance for Democracy (www.thealliancefordemocracy.org)
(781) 894-1179 or (530) 758-0726, nancytprice@juno.com

David Swanson, After Downing Street, (202) 329-7847, david@davidswanson.org

Jeff Milchen, ReclaimDemocracy.org, 406-582-122, Jeff@ReclaimDemocracy.org

After justices on the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor  
of corporate “rights” in the Citizens United case, a new national  
coalition of diverse public interest, community, and business  
organizations responded with a bold call to overrule the decision and  
amend the Constitution to restore the power of people over  
corporations, beyond election law.  A complete list of the “Move to  
Amend” Steering Committee is attached; and a list of other groups and  
people who have endorsed this new campaign is available at the  
coalition’s new website:  http://www.movetoamend.org.

“This decision is Pearl Harbor for our democracy,” said Ben Manski,  
Executive Director of Liberty Tree and a lawyer helping to lead the  
coalition.  “Decades of judicial activism culminating in today’s  
decision have eroded the power of ‘We the People’ to govern ourselves  
and so our move to amend the Constitution is not limited to the powers  
of the Federal Election Commission but focuses on the broader  
implications of the decision.”

“We are inspired by historic social movements that recognized the  
necessity of altering fundamental power relationships,” added Riki  
Ott, the Director of Ultimate Civics and a marine toxicologist whose  
activism was galvanized by the Exxon Valdez spill.  “America has  
progressed through ordinary people joining together—from the  
Revolutionaries to Abolitionists, Suffragists, Trade Unionists, and  
Civil Rights activists through to today.”

“In this decision, a handful of unelected judges have revealed their  
agenda to expand the influence of corporations at the expense of the  
rights of individuals, and it will not stand the test of time,” said  
Lisa Graves, Executive Director of the Center for Media and Democracy  
and former Chief Counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee and Deputy  
Assistant Attorney General.  “Corporations aren’t people and simply  
don’t deserve the same rights as people; we have to work together to  
put people before corporations.”

“The movement we are launching is a long-term effort to make the U.S.  
Constitution more democratic,” noted David Cobb, the Director of the  
Program on Corporations Law & Democracy and an attorney helping to  
lead the coalition.  “We are a diverse coalition with deep roots in  
communities nationwide.  We recognize that amending the Constitution  
to restore the power of the people over corporations will not be easy,  
but we know correcting the Supreme Court is imperative to the progress  
of our nation.”