Monday, November 21, 2011

Bloomberg's Drums

the police have created a no-First Amendment zone on 79th Street,” he said. “It’s an example of an abuse of power by the N.Y.P.D. because that’s a public street, and the fact that Michael Bloomberg lives on that street doesn’t change the principles and values of the First Amendment right to protest.”

Archibald McNeal

Willard,

(1836-1918). "Yankee Doodle"

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/21/nyregion/plans-of-drum-protest-at-michael-bloombergs-home-are-dashed.html

Constitutional Amendment for the 99%

Outlawing Corporate Cash Undermining the Public Interest in our Elections and Democracy (OCCUPIED) Constitutional Amendment.

http://www.nationofchange.org/finally-constitutional-amendment-99-1321798437

http://deutch.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=269672

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.