The Johnson Amendment is a 1954 federal law (named for sponsor and then-Senator LBJ) prohibiting churches and charities from endorsing political candidates, at the risk of losing their tax exempt status. Donald Trump has vowed to “destroy” the law, which would be a boon to some of the ch[...]
Posts Tagged ‘citizens united’
October 18th, 2017 - 1:37 am § in America
A Boon to Trump’s Churches
October 11th, 2016 - 7:37 am § in Misc.
I Endorse I-735
Initiative 735 is a grassroots movement to make Washington the 18th state to ask Congress to overturn Citizens United. in 2010, the US Supreme Court ruled in Citizens United v FEC that corporations, unions and special interests can spend unlimited amounts of money to advocate for or against po[...]
SRO Crowd Reclaims Democracy for Real People
SEATTLE, March 11 -- Last night a SRO crowd flocked to UW's Kane Hall to brainstorm strategy and tactics in the fight against the legal fiction of corporate personhood underpinning the CITIZENS decision. Titled After Citizens United: Reclaiming Democracy for PEOPLE, the event was sponsored by Washin[...]
The Story of Citizens United: New Video Lays Out the Case
New animated short shows how corporate power has eroded our rights and corrupted our democracy. Animations parody the political process we all know and love. 9-min video goes a long way toward explaining why the people's expressed desires are thwarted over and over by special interests.[...]
Public Forum: “After Citizens United”, 3/10 at Kane Hall
On Thursday March 10, Washington Public Campaigns will present a Public Forum at Kane Hall Room 220, UW. Beginning at 7 p.m., the program will deal with the impact of the precedent-shattering Supreme Court decision on campaign finance, and how citizens can fight the ruling. http://www.washclean.org/[...]
Citizens United Workshop Preps Amendment Advocates
When I arrived for the "After Citizens United" workshop on the blustery Seattle waterfront, a dozen people were chatting. When another half-dozen showed up, co-leader Craig Salins started by colorfully and concisely summarizing the quantum shift toward corporate hijacking of elections since the ruli[...]