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December 9, 2011

L.A. City Council Backs Constitutional Amendment Against Corporate Personhood 
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The Los Angeles City Council has unanimously approved a measure to
support a constitutional amendment declaring that corporations are not
people entitled to constitutional rights. The campaign against corporate
personhood was launched in response to the Supreme Court decision on the
case of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which opened the
floodgates for unlimited corporate spending on election campaigns.
Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont has just put forward a similar
amendment on Capitol Hill dubbed the "Saving American Democracy
Amendment" that would reverse the Citizens United ruling.



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