The Single Most Disastrous Event in the 235 Years of Our Republic — And What We The People Are Doing About It

Here’s a bit of good news that I’d like to pass along.  I’ve often written that the U.S. Supreme Court decision Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission will some day be remembered as the single most ruinous event in the 235 years of our Republic. And, though our elected leaders have uniformly refused to take a stand on the matter, it appears that ordinary Americans are rising up and doing what our representatives failed to do: protecting and defending our democracy.

• In Montana in August, the Missoula City Council voted to place a referendum on the 2011 ballot that urges federal and state lawmakers to amend the U.S. Constitution “to clearly state that corporations are not human beings and do not have the same rights as citizens.”

• In September in Colorado, the Jamestown Board of Trustees unanimously
  passed a resolution condemning the concept of “corporate personhood,”
  joining Boulder in a similar effort.

• Tucson, Arizona citizens are on the move with a petition garnering support for their own resolution to amend the state Constitution.