Today is the fourth anniversary of the Supreme Court decision known as Citizens United, the most misunderstood and outright lied about court decision in ages. Contrary to what some would have us believe, the CU decision NEVER said corporations are people and never said money is speech. In fact, it didnt say anything close to those things. What happened is that a non profit called Citizens United produced a film critical of Hillary Clinton....under the then-new McCain Feingold Act, the Federal government attempted to BAN that film. The Supreme Court ruled that banning a political film, speech, book, website or blog would be a violation of the first amendment. Thats what the CU decision was about, thats it. Those who call to reverse or overturn CU are purposely vague about their proposed amendment because doing so would require a change in our Constitution modifying nothing less than our First Amendment. They make this sound like a simple wonderful plan to get money out of politics even though CU was not even about money. Make no mistake, if these people have their way, we would see an unrecognizable America where churches, unions, Greenpeace, the ALCU, the NRA, MoveOn, the Tea Party and the Occupy Movement (who are all corporations just like CU under the law) would all be gutted with large portions of their speech banned by the Federal government.....solidifying power in the hands of the two major parties. If you believe that groups from MoveOn to Occupy and from the NRA to the Tea Party should have the legal right to make unrestricted political films, speeches and websites then you do not support overturning Citizens United. Whatever side you are on, fight this and dont fall for the manipulative bi-partisan effort to reduce the power of people to assemble and speak. Please LIKE and SHARE this so more people are aware of the truth.
Posted on: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 01:05:26 +0000
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