Occupy the Courts

An intelligent discussion of where the Occupy movement is at this stage.


From Press TV.
US Occupy Movement: "Occupy Capitol Hill"

Press TV,

19 January, 2012

"We are here because they don't represent us": This is how US lawmakers returning from a three-week winter break were greeted by protesters from the "Occupy" movement, who gathered outside the US Capitol building to decry the corrupting influence of money in politics.

Just earlier in the week, a new opinion poll showed a record 84% of Americans disapproved the job Congress was doing. The "Occupy Movement" is also planning to occupy Federal courthouses across the country on Friday January 20th to show their frustration with the judicial system. 

This edition of News Analysis asks: How badly is the American system "broken", to use the word of the occupiers?

In the interview the movement to amend the US constitution to specifically exclude corporations was mentioned.


Here is the introduction to the website

We the People, Not We the Corporations

On January 21, 2010, with its ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Supreme Court ruled that corporations are persons, entitled by the U.S. Constitution to buy elections and run our government. Human beings are people; corporations are legal fictions.

We, the People of the United States of America, reject the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United, and move to amend our Constitution to firmly establish that money is not speech, and that human beings, not corporations, are persons entitled to constitutional rights.

The Supreme Court is misguided in principle, and wrong on the law. In a democracy, the people rule. We Move to Amend.

Read our proposed amendment.

Occupy the Courts January 20, 201

National Day of Protest - January 20, 2012

This is the website for "Occupy the Courts"


and the latest...

‘Occupy’ Group Sues Over Planned Rally at New York Courthouse

Businessweek,

19 January, 2012

 “Occupy the Courts,” a group planning to rally outside a Manhattan federal courthouse, sued after the U.S. denied it a permit.