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As we told you in an email this morning, the Supreme Court today
allowed corporations to use their immense wealth to take over our
elections.<br>
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<b>The court has put our democracy up for sale.</b><br>
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Public Citizen is launching a historic campaign to pass a
constitutional amendment to restore people to the center of the
political process.<br>
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Join our grassroots mobilization to take back our democracy. The more
people who join, the more power we have to fight a corporate takeover.<br>
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<b>Forward this email to everyone you know who recognizes that
letting unlimited corporate cash into our elections will be a
catastrophe.</b><br>
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here to watch a short video about the ruling and Public Citizen's
response to it. And sign our petition calling for a constitutional
amendment to prevent corporate money from overwhelming our democracy.</a><br>
<br>
The shocking decision in <i>Citizens United v. Federal Election
Commission</i> struck down 60 years of legal precedent prohibiting
corporations from making campaign expenditures to attack or support
political candidates. The court ruled that the First Amendment - meant
to protect the speech of actual human beings - gives for-profit
corporations the right to influence elections.<br>
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<b>People or corporations?</b><br>
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Corporations are not human beings. Corporations should not be able to
use their vast financial power to drown out the voices of real people.<br>
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<b>Forward this email to friends, family, neighbors and coworkers
to let them know about our campaign to fight unfettered corporate power.</b><br>
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watch the video and sign the petition.</a><br>
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Please help me spread the word and build a massive movement to save our
democracy.<br>
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<b>Forward this email. Watch the video. Sign the petition.</b><br>
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Thank you.<br>
<br>
Robert Weissman, President</span></span></p>
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