Post by Solus Hospes on Dec 6, 2011 1:37:30 GMT -5
(I did not write this or put it together, I only transcribed it from a flyer handed out at the 12-05-11 GA)
David Cobb of the Move to Amend campaign will be speaking in Orlando on "Creating Democracy and Challenging Corporate Rule." Part history lesson and part heart-felt call to action. Orlando is a major stop on his All-Floridia Tour.
The recent U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United v. FEC opened the floodgates to unlimited corporate spending on elections. Cobb, an attorney and organizer for the Move to Amend coalition, will help local residents understand the history behind the recent decision and how they can work to abolish "Corporate Personhood" and reestablish a government of, by, and for the people.
"Corporate Personhood" commonly refers to court-created precedent that gives corporations constitutional rights intended solely for human beings. "Corporate Personhood is not an inconsequential legal technicality. The Supreme Court rules that a corporation was a 'legal person' with 14th Amendment protections before they granted full personhood to African-Americans, immigrants, natives, or women," states David Cobb.
"We are inspired by historic social movements that recognized the necessity of altering fundamental power relationships," said Cobb. "America has progressed through ordinary people joining together-from the Revolutionaries to Abolitionists, Suffragists, Trade Unionists, and Civil Rights Activists through to today. Move to Amend is a long-term effort to make the U.S. Constitution more democratic."
The forum will focus on how average citizens can join the national movement against Corporate Personhood. Cobb will provide information about the issue and facilitate a discussion about local action in communities across the United States to win the amendment campaign through grassroots mobilization.
"We are a diverse coalition with deep roots in communities nationwide. We recognize that amending the Constitution to restore the power of the people over the corporations will not be easy, but we know correcting the Supreme Court is imperative to the progress of our nation," stated Cobb.
End Corporate Personhood and "Citizens United"
David Cobb Spokesperson for "Move to Amend"
First Unitarian Church of Orlando
1901 East Robinson Street
Orlando, Fl 32803
Thursday, December 8th, 2011 at 7pm till 9pm
David Cobb Spokesperson for "Move to Amend"
First Unitarian Church of Orlando
1901 East Robinson Street
Orlando, Fl 32803
Thursday, December 8th, 2011 at 7pm till 9pm
David Cobb of the Move to Amend campaign will be speaking in Orlando on "Creating Democracy and Challenging Corporate Rule." Part history lesson and part heart-felt call to action. Orlando is a major stop on his All-Floridia Tour.
The recent U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United v. FEC opened the floodgates to unlimited corporate spending on elections. Cobb, an attorney and organizer for the Move to Amend coalition, will help local residents understand the history behind the recent decision and how they can work to abolish "Corporate Personhood" and reestablish a government of, by, and for the people.
"Corporate Personhood" commonly refers to court-created precedent that gives corporations constitutional rights intended solely for human beings. "Corporate Personhood is not an inconsequential legal technicality. The Supreme Court rules that a corporation was a 'legal person' with 14th Amendment protections before they granted full personhood to African-Americans, immigrants, natives, or women," states David Cobb.
"We are inspired by historic social movements that recognized the necessity of altering fundamental power relationships," said Cobb. "America has progressed through ordinary people joining together-from the Revolutionaries to Abolitionists, Suffragists, Trade Unionists, and Civil Rights Activists through to today. Move to Amend is a long-term effort to make the U.S. Constitution more democratic."
The forum will focus on how average citizens can join the national movement against Corporate Personhood. Cobb will provide information about the issue and facilitate a discussion about local action in communities across the United States to win the amendment campaign through grassroots mobilization.
"We are a diverse coalition with deep roots in communities nationwide. We recognize that amending the Constitution to restore the power of the people over the corporations will not be easy, but we know correcting the Supreme Court is imperative to the progress of our nation," stated Cobb.
