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Politics & Government

Occupy the Courts - U.S. Court House, New Haven

Occupy the Courts:  Meet on New Haven Green, march to the Richard C. Lee United States Court House, 141 Church Street in New Haven, CT 

Occupy Shoreline CT joins Occupy New Haven to take part in a nationwide Occupy the Courts Day of Action on Jan. 20, 2012 to highlight opposition to the Citizens United v. FEC Supreme Court decision one year ago on Jan. 21, 2011.    

Citizens United:  This decision equates money with speech and allows unlimited money from corporations and unions to influence our elections. A national movement to amend the Constitution by defining personhood as pertaining only to natural persons is gaining momentum.  In December, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) proposed the Saving American Democracy Amendment which would reverse the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in Citizens United.  Find out more at www.movetoamend.org.

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