Constantly new issues crop up as our country tries to regain her dominance on the world stage and as we adjust to events around the world and in our country. Additionally, there are still issues that have not been resolved in 2011 and are very much a part of the problems we will be dealing with this year.

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Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

On December 8, 2011, Bernie Sanders (I-VT) proposed an amendment to the Constitution to reverse the January 21, 2010 Citizens United ruling of the Supreme Court, which basically declared the corporations are people.  He then put on his Website A Petition to Support the Saving American Democracy Amendment.  To date, 187,011 people signed the petition.

Now, as the second anniversary of this ruling is quickly approaching, the DSCC (Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee) has put out its own petition to reverse this decision.  They urge everyone who cares about the impact Super PACs have on our electoral system to sign the petition: Reverse Citizens United.

Hundreds of organizations all across America are involved in the effort to overturn this ill-informed ruling, including one here in Haverhill. If you are interested in exchanging ideas about this issue with like-minded people, please attend the informative session on Saturday, January 21 being sponsored by the Social Justice Committee of Universalist Unitarian Church of Haverhill.  For more information, please go to our Events page.