Our Supreme Court is Corporate owned and subsidized on behalf of the wealthy!

Nine years ago today — the day the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its abominable Citizens United v. FEC decision and unleashed unlimited secret money into our elections — I asked you to shed a tear for our democracy.

Our fears were well founded.

The Big Money takeover of our elections following that decision was even worse than we predicted.

Nine years ago, I also urged that you take no more than a moment to shed a tear — and instead get to work for a constitutional amendment to overturn the decision and rescue our democracy:

“The Supreme Court has lost its way today. Democracy is rule of the people — real, live humans, not artificial entity corporations. Now it’s time for the people to reassert their rights.”

What followed was more amazing than anything I could have imagined.

A genuine movement rose up to demand a constitutional amendment to overturn the decision.

Our constitutional amendment movement has done extraordinary things since the court handed down its decision on this day in 2010:

Nineteen states have passed resolutions or the equivalent supporting a constitutional amendment — half the total we need to win approval! — and we expect to reach 20 this year.
More than 750 cities and towns across the country have approved resolutions.
Thousands of people turned out to protest Citizens United at the Democracy Awakening demonstration in Washington, D.C., in 2016, and tens of thousands have participated in similar protests and actions around the country.
Millions of Americans have signed petitions calling for an amendment.

URL: [citizen.org]