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The Saving American Democracy Amendment
  1. Signatures
    166 out of 100,000
    Petitioning
    1. The U.S. Senate
  2. Created By
    Alfredo 'Al' Nava
    Ceres, CA
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Senator Bernie Sanders has proposed a constitutional amendment that would overturn the Supreme Court's decision in a case called Citizens United vs. FEC.

The Saving American Democracy Amendment states that: 
Corporations are not persons with constitutional rights equal to real people. 
Corporations are subject to regulation by the people. 
Corporations may not make campaign contributions. 
Congress and states have the power to regulate campaign finances. 
http://sanders.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Saving-American-Democracy.pdf

A corporation does not have First Amendment rights to spend as much money as it wants, without disclosure, on a political campaign. Corporations should not be able to go into their treasuries and spend millions and millions of dollars on a campaign in order to buy elections. But when the Supreme Court rules that corporations are "people" with the same Constitutional rights as citizens, our democracy is in grave danger.

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Support and Vote For "The Saving American Democracy Amendment"

Greetings,

I just signed the following petition addressed to: U.S. Senators.

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I urge you to support and vote for "The Saving American Democracy Amendment".

A corporation does not have First Amendment rights to spend as much money as it wants, without disclosure, on a political campaign. Corporations should not be able to go into their treasuries and spend millions and millions of dollars on a campaign in order to buy elections. But when the Supreme Court rules that corporations are "people" with the same Constitutional rights as citizens, our democracy is in grave danger.

Senator Bernie Sanders has proposed a constitutional amendment that will overturn the Supreme Court's "Citizens United vs. FEC" decision that declared that corporations are "people".

The Saving American Democracy Amendment states that:
Corporations are not persons with constitutional rights equal to real people.
Corporations are subject to regulation by the people.
Corporations may not make campaign contributions.
Congress and states have the power to regulate campaign finances.
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Sincerely,

[Your name]

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