Former Green Party presidential candidate to discuss ways to limit 'Corporate Personhood'
Ever hear of “Corporate Personhood”?
You can on April 6 in St. Paul when David Cobb, former Green Party presidential candidate, will talk about what can be done to reverse the implications of "Corporate Personhood," including last year's Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission. That decision said corporations have a constitutionally protected right to be involved in spending for political campaigns.
Cobb is an organizer with MovetoAmend.org, a coalition of more than 100,000 people and organizations whose goal is to amend the U.S. Constitution to restrict corporate power. Quite a task, indeed.
His 7:30 p.m. talk April 6 will be at Macalester College’s Olin-Rice Science Center. It's sponsored by, among others, Common Cause Minnesota and Citizens for Election Integrity Minnesota.
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Thanks for covering this, Jay. One important correction. We're not out to restrict corporate power. This is about elections and our democracy, 1 person 1 vote, not 1 dollar 1 vote, not 1 front organization 1 vote, not 1 lobbyist 1 vote.
What we, including the 500,00+ people and organizations behind the Other 98% coalition that also support the Move to Amend and include Common Cause among its partners, have been doing since the Supreme Court Citizens United decision last year is remove corporations' newly given right to, in effect, buy elections and laws. The best known result of that decision has been Wisconsin's Governor Walker and Koch Industries.
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In addition to the Wednesday talk, MoveOn.org is sponsoring a full meeting and talk with him on Tuesday (and maybe a special Senate guest or 2):
Event RSVP, map, and contacts: http://pol.moveon.org/event/meeting/113765
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