Lucas,
Big bullies with a dubious name and a corporate agenda brought us the disastrous Supreme Court case, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which invited a flood of corporate money to swamp our elections. Today we launched a new campaign: CitizensUnitedAgainstCitizensUnited.org .
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| Unite against Citizens United! |
Public Citizen believes in the First Amendment, and we aim to defend it against a reckless Supreme Court decision and a hypocritical advocacy group.
Here's what happened: A Wisconsin-based organization started a Facebook page called "Citizens United Against Citizens United" for its campaign against the Supreme Court decision. Then Citizens United - the corporatist organization that brought the case before the court - sent the Facebook page's creators a threatening letter alleging trademark infringement.
Public Citizen offered its legal resources to defend the group, but not wanting the hassle of litigation, the group instead dropped the name.
But we decided the name Citizens United Against Citizens United was too good to waste and that it was time to take a stand for real freedom of speech. We grabbed the name and built a Web site.
So check out CitizensUnitedAgainstCitizensUnited.org . Then sign our petition at DontGetRolled.org for a constitutional amendment to prevent the corporate takeover of our democracy. Facebook users can click here to become a fan of Citizens United Against Citizens United.
Please forward this message widely to encourage even more citizens to join the movement of authentic Citizens United Against Citizens United.
Thank you for all you do.
Rick, Angela and Glenn
Your advocates at Public Citizen
action@citizen.org