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Old 01-23-2010, 03:37 PM
 
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What did the Supreme Court just do to our democracy? | freespeechforpeople.org
^^ The most mentioned one I've seen so far.


Another:
Motion to Amend | Move to Amend (http://www.movetoamend.org/motion-amend - broken link)



Feel free to add to this thread any more or any constructive comments about which petition to sign
or your experiences signing petitions about this issue.
Thanks!

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Old 01-23-2010, 06:15 PM
 
Location: Chicagoland
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Love it. Now that the playing field is once again level in terms of political donations, the Left is all in a tizzy.

Once again, the public is on the right side;

http://www.gallup.com/poll/125333/Pu...ee-Speech.aspx
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Old 01-23-2010, 06:20 PM
 
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Are there any petitions to impeach the corporate activist judges? I'll gladly sign that one.
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Old 01-23-2010, 06:23 PM
 
Location: Texas
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Does anyone here know ANYTHING about the amendment process?
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Old 01-23-2010, 06:25 PM
 
Location: Portland, Oregon
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Does anyone here know ANYTHING about the amendment process?
Of course not, knowing **** is un-American.
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Old 01-23-2010, 06:26 PM
 
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Love it. Now that the playing field is once again level in terms of political donations, the Left is all in a tizzy.

Public Agrees With Court: Campaign Money Is "Free Speech"
The poll you've cited shows Democrats and Republicans in agreement, doesn't it? I didn't see anything about "the Left". It's Independents who are split on the issue.
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Old 01-23-2010, 07:40 PM
 
Location: Long Island
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What did the Supreme Court just do to our democracy? | freespeechforpeople.org[/url]
^^ The most mentioned one I've seen so far.

Another:
Motion to Amend | Move to Amend (http://www.movetoamend.org/motion-amend - broken link)

Feel free to add to this thread any more or any constructive comments about which petition to sign
or your experiences signing petitions about this issue.
Thanks!
so you want what????

an amendment to take away rights????

the right of freedom of speech is given to ALL, this includes people, NEWSPAPERS, non-profit, political organizations (remember move-on.orgs full page ad in the NYT named ""Gen. Betrayus"")(or acorn), legal organizations(aclu), and also corporations (yes they should have freedom of speech, since LAWS might/might not effect them), and Unions

so what you want is NOT an amendment, what you are advocating is throwing the CONSTITUTION away...we know its just a piece of paper


the SCOTUS just did the correct thing, they threw out the unconstitutional parts of a law

but that's the way it works

the LEGISLATURE writes the laws, not the JUDICIAL

the JUDICIAL makes sure those LAWS writen by the legislature follow the CONSTITUTION

if a LAW is found to be unCONSTITUTINAL by the JUDICIAL branch, then the law is thrown out, and the LEGISLATIVE branch starts again with a law that ACTUALLY follows the constitution

a,b,c is simple as 1,2,3

a) legistlative branch(congress) writes bills
b) executive branch(POTUS) SIGNS bills into laws
c) Judicial CHECKS AND BALLANCES those laws against the constitution

so YOU are saying that an entity (corporation, political group, nonprofit, legal group) should NOT have a RIGHT to express their VIEWS and their CONSTITUTIONAL right of freedom of speech?????

guess what the DNC and RNC are corporations

so YOU want NOONE to be able to express their views if they are part of a larger entity???? how nice of you

fact newspapers are corporations
fact dnc and rnc are corporations
fact move-on.org is a corporation
fact aclu is a corportaion

are you saying that corporations (even big bad BANKS) should have NO OPINION or VIEW (ie FREEDOM OF SPEECH) as to what politicians are making laws that WILL EFFECT THEM?????

are you saying that move-on.org(a corporation) should not have the RIGHT to take out a full page add in the New York Times(another corporation) staing their OPINION or View of a certain political subject????

if a "corporation" shall have no rights or 'personhood' then it there by ELIMINATES that corporation, which LIMITS freedom of speech....IE if I (a person) want to take out an ad in a newspaper (a CORPORTAION), then I would not be allowed (ie loss of rights), because said vehicle(newspaper) is a corporation..............

do you understand that once you start limiting RIGHTS, then you are EMPOWERING the GOVERNMENT and leading to totalitarianism......please read 1984
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Old 01-23-2010, 07:48 PM
 
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the right of freedom of speech is given to ALL, this includes people, NEWSPAPERS, ..
That's why liberals are up in arms, mainstream media with their liberal bias isn't the only show in town now.
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Old 01-23-2010, 07:57 PM
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The intentional ignorance and disingenuous of the left is staggering.
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Old 01-23-2010, 08:01 PM
 
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That's why liberals are up in arms, mainstream media with their liberal bias isn't the only show in town now.
Are you talking about the same media that hasn't said 1 good thing about Obama the last 6 months?
or the one that has avoided saying a word about the stock market because it's been going up and will make Obama look good if they mention it?

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