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Grievance 2: Overturn Citizen's United

BE IT RESOLVED THAT WE, THE NINETY-NINE PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, in order to form a more perfect Union, by, for and of the People, shall elect 878 Delegates on the weekend of June 1st, 2012, and convene a NATIONAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY the week of July 4, 2012 in the City Of Philadelphia to prepare and ratify a PETITION FOR A REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES on behalf of the Ninety-Nine Percent of the People of the United States to be served upon the United States Congress, United States Supreme Court and President of the United States prior to November 6, 2012.

HELP DRAFT THIS HISTORIC DOCUMENT! The final version of the PETITION FOR A REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES, is to be written and ratified solely by the elected Delegates, and may or may not include the following grievance currently suggested by the 99% Declaration Working Group. We are asking you, America's 99%, to inform the representative Delegates and participate in the drafting of the final petition by signing on each grievance you support and if you wish, please add your comments below. Click here to see the full list of grievances.

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spacer Overturn the “Citizens United” CaseThe immediate abrogation, even if it requires a Constitutional Amendment, of the outrageous and anti-democratic Supreme Court holding in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and its progeny.  This heinous decision proclaimed in 2010, equates the direct and indirect payment of money to politicians by political action committees, corporations, wealthy individuals and unions with the exercise of protected free speech. We, the 99% of the American People are outraged and demand that this judicially sanctioned bribery of politicians be reversed and never be deemed protected free speech again.

“Our aim is not to do away with corporations; on the contrary, these big aggregations are an inevitable development of modern industrialism, and the effort to destroy them would be futile unless accomplished in ways that would work the utmost mischief to the entire body politic. We can do nothing of good in the way of regulating and supervising these corporations until we fix clearly in our minds that we are not attacking the corporations, but endeavoring to do away with any evil in them. We are not hostile to them; we are merely determined that they shall be so handled as to subserve the public good. We draw the line against misconduct, not against wealth.  -Theodore Roosevelt, State of the Union address (December 2, 1902).

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spacer Carol Brouillet signed 2012-03-28 22:29:16 -0700
spacer Cynthia Bage posted about this on Facebook 2012-03-28 13:23:19 -0700
HELP DRAFT THIS HISTORIC DOCUMENT! Sign the 99% Declaration Grievance 2: Overturn Citizen's United
spacer Cynthia Bage signed via Cynthia Bage 2012-03-28 13:22:54 -0700
Not only is it crucial to do this, but we need to reform the SCOTUS to keep bribery and corruption away from the highest court in the land.
spacer Robyn Lauster signed 2012-03-27 22:40:12 -0700
I like the Human Rights Amendment: abolishcorporatepersonhoodnow.org/2012/02/25/the-human-rights-amendment-tackles-corporatism-plutocracy-and-the-supreme-court/
spacer Anonymous signed 2012-03-27 18:59:15 -0700
Overturn the Citizens United Case via an ammendment to the US Constitution if necessary.
spacer Paul Wilson signed 2012-03-27 15:32:25 -0700
spacer Frank Davis signed via Karlie Cole 2012-03-26 21:27:02 -0700
spacer Rob Roberts signed via Karlie Cole 2012-03-26 20:56:30 -0700
spacer The 99% Declaration posted about 2. Overturn Citizen's United on The 99% Declaration's Facebook page 2012-03-26 20:53:37 -0700
HELP DRAFT THIS HISTORIC DOCUMENT! Sign the 99% Declaration Grievance 2: Overturn Citizen's United
spacer Devin de Gruyl signed 2012-03-26 18:06:53 -0700
spacer Ronda DuBridge signed 2012-03-26 13:25:55 -0700
spacer Anonymous signed 2012-03-26 06:46:48 -0700
Overturning Citizens Untied is the number one fight we HAVE to win. All others can wait until this is done. If this is not done, then everything else on the list can and will be ignored by the corporate run government.
spacer Kelly Richins signed via Kay Finley 2012-03-26 01:39:17 -0700
spacer darryl siemer signed 2012-03-25 16:28:03 -0700
spacer Mary Odins signed 2012-03-25 14:31:21 -0700
spacer Mary Odins signed 2012-03-25 14:14:48 -0700
spacer Jeffrey McCollim signed 2012-03-24 06:16:01 -0700
spacer Brad Ingham signed 2012-03-23 20:12:29 -0700
spacer manuel marry signed 2012-03-23 14:21:59 -0700
spacer David Lepsy signed 2012-03-22 19:09:51 -0700
while corporations are necessary, the existence of a corporation as a distinct legal entity with the same rights as a citizen is outrageous.
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