ACTIVISM WORKS

NO TO "CITIZENS UNITED"

January 21, 2012, is the two-year anniversary of the infamous Citizens United Supreme Court ruling. That case gave corporations like Exxon or Bank of America approval to spend millions of dollars buying elections. It is happening in the Republican party
right now, and will continue to happen in the Democratic as well. This is simply wrong.

Changing Supreme Court decisions can take decades. A better alternative is to pass a constitutional amendment.

A new campaign called United for the People is underway to do just that. And, since we don’t have time to waste, this effort needs support from the very highest levels. So we're petitioning President Obama to support a constitutional amendment to boot big money out of elections.

Will you sign our petition to the president?

Support from President Obama would give a big, early boost to the movement for an amendment. The president has already condemned Citizens United as a bad ruling. If the president comes out in support of the amendment, it will inspire millions of people to believe in the idea, and a lot of members of Congress will follow, too.

Amending the Constitution will require the support of 2/3 of both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, and then must be ratified by 3/4 of the states. That is a big hill to climb, but it isn’t impossible. State legislators will also follow the president’s leadership when he backs a constitutional amendment.

So let’s get started off right.

Throughout U.S. history, whenever something in our democracy hasn’t been working, we’ve amended the Constitution. We’ve amended the Constitution to protect and extend the right to vote. Even basic rights we take for granted, like freedom of speech, are from amendments.

Please sign the petition.

Source of information and links: Rebuild the Dream

PRESIDENT OBAMA AND CLEAN AIR

Earlier in September, President Obama overruled EPA science and blocked crucial new protections against smog pollution that have been years in the works. Smog limits aimed at preventing asthma in kids and lung damage in adults have been scrapped. The EPA has said that the standards the president overruled would have saved 12,000 lives, many of them children's.

An anti-smog rule would actually create clean energy jobs. But Obama didn't listen! Now it's time he listens to us. Please call him at the White House at 202-456-1414 or FAX him at 202-456-2461

Thanks for taking action on this very important issue.