Finally, A Constitutional Amendment for the 99% (Nation of Change)

[OneGrassRoot]

Today, Congressman Ted Deutch (D-FL) offered the strongest constitutional amendment introduced in either House of Congress so far to rectify the imbalance of power between the corporations and the people in our democracy.

As the struggle in the streets intensifies, and Occupy Wall Street refuses to remain silent, it’s good to know there are champions in Congress who have stepped up to the challenge of amending the US Constitution. It’s called OCCUPIED: Outlawing Corporate Cash Undermining the Public Interest in our Elections and Democracy, here.

The Supreme Court, in the 5-4 Citizens United decision of January 2010, declared that corporations have free speech rights like human beings and invalidated the ban on corporate election spending that Congress had enacted. Since then, a grassroots movement has emerged to generate popular support for a constitutional amendment to reverse that decision, including months of work by Move to Amend, Free Speech For People, Public Citizen, People For The American Way, Common Cause, and the Center for Media and Democracy.

Rep. Deutch’s amendment is a blend of the best ideas:

READ FULL ARTICLE HERE: http://www.nationofchange.org/finally-constitutional-amendment-99-1321798437

[NightWatcher]

1. Great idea, now how many of our Congresscritters will vote to cut off their $$$$?

the answer is less than required to pass it.

So someone did something pretty he can take back to his district, but nothing will ever come of it.

[Amonester]

2. Bingo.

Although I beleive it's not just for show, the end result of it (in the current political system) has a 99.99% chance of being futile.