Occupy Supreme Court Demonstration on January 20: Amend the U.S. Constitution to Ban Corporate Political Contributions and Corruption

A group of Arlington Greens, including Steve Davis, Miriam Gennari, Don Rouse and John Reeder attended the Jan. 20, 2012 demonstration at the U.S. Supreme Court asking that Congress pass a consitutional amendment to reverse the Supreme Court’s decision that legalizes unlimited corporate political contributions and to declare that only living people are “persons” under the Constitution.

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Green Party Presidential candidate Jill Stein spoke eloquently at the Demonstration about Greens support for eliminating corporate campaign contributions of all kinds. The national and Washington DC Occupy groups also supported the constituional change. Speakers all pointed out that a corporation is not a “person” and is not entitled to inalienable rights like the right to free speech, participating in political matters, and running our government.

On Friday, January 20, the Occupy movement took to the Supreme Court as part of a nationwide plan to “Occupy the Courts”. Over 110 actions are planned in front of U.S. federal courthouses across the country to mark the second anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s infamous Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision that opened the floodgates to unlimited corporate money in elections.
The Move to Amend coalition is working to grow grassroots support for a constitutional amendment that clearly and unequivocally states that: 1) Rights recognized under the Constitution belong to human beings only, and not to artificial legal entities such as corporations or labor unions; and 2) Political campaign spending is not a form of speech protected under the First Amendment.