50 Attorneys General vs. Citizens United

[ellisonz]

Petition: http://democracyforamerica.com/activities/763?akid=1788.1895458.PrHSoV&rd=1&t=1

DFA Member -

Two years ago, the Supreme Court decided that big corporations and the super rich have a "right" to spend unlimited amounts of money in our elections. The Justices that supported this ridiculous decision just expected states to fall in line behind the ruling and abandon their campaign finance laws, but they haven't.

States like Montana are fighting back against Citizens United -- and they're winning.

Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock took his fight to keep common sense election laws on the books all the way to the Montana Supreme Court -- and he won. It's time that other State Attorneys General do the same.

Back-up Steve Bullock in his fight against Citizens United -- Sign the petition to get your Attorney General to stand up for common sense campaign finance laws.

Right-wing groups like Citizens United aren't stopping at the federal level. They're dismantling campaign finance laws across the country -- working to allow unlimited corporate spending up and down the ballot and even to undo basic disclosure laws that require campaigns to report who's giving these unlimited contributions.

We've seen what the Citizens United ruling has done to federal politics -- attack ads flooded the airwaves in 2010 and are dominating the Republican presidential primaries. We can't allow that same sort of unlimited corporate spending at the state and local levels.

The campaign to overturn Citizens United is going to be a long one, but state Attorneys General can make a real difference right now -- and you can get them off the sidelines.

Tell your Attorney General to stand up for common sense campaign finance laws -- Sign the petition now.

Petition: http://democracyforamerica.com/activities/763?akid=1788.1895458.PrHSoV&rd=1&t=1

Thank you for everything you do.

- Michael

Michael Langenmayr, Political Director
Democracy for America

[freshwest]

1. Let's see if any of the GOP ones will sign on...

[freshwest]

2. The link is for emailing. How about a list of the names of the 50 AG's?

[ellisonz]

4. Here you go:

Wikipedia has a good list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Attorney_General

You'll need to go to your state government webpage for contact information though...

[freshwest]

6. *Thunks head.* I wanted to know who besides Bullock is doing it.

I knew there were 50 AG's, since there are 50 states, LOL. But I was doing of something else when I posted

They're doing some good things in MT. And some nutty things as well according to a friend who lives there and keeps up with the goings up in the statehouse.

It would be very interesting to see if our GOP AG was for this although doubtful, since he's one of Karl Rove's toys.

[ellisonz]

7. No clue.

You'll have to go state-by-state. It's all enough to make you want to

[JDPriestly]

3. With their anti-birth-control campaign, the Republicans successfully distracted us

from the real threat: Citizens United.

Let's keep our eye on the ball.

[ellisonz]

5. Agreed.

I think it's useful for picking up a bigger share of the women's vote, but between Citizens United and now the ridiculous voter ID laws the GOP campaign to deny our democratic rights is still going full steam. We've got to fight back.

[freshwest]

8. Excellent point. They do use the media to get what they want. For all we know, BFI's meltdown was...

Ordered by his corporate masters.

I would not put anything past the Koches and the like.