Discussion on how big money is eroding politics – and how corporate lobbying and the Congressional revolving door to lobbying is setting the stage to erode democracy even faster and more completely than ever before.
With the US Supreme Court 2010 ruling in Citizens United – equating money as speech – corporations are now poised to usurp the rights of individual citizens. Hear the facts that lead to today. Understand what needs to be done to save democracy, by learning what the founders envisioned – a government by and for the “people” – real people – not corporations masquerading as people.
How big money is changing the paradigm that big tobacco set in motion decades ago. See the parallels of “corporate personhood” then and now – and how the ruling in “Citizens United” equating money as speech – provides fodder for those who wish to subvert the Constitution for their own financial gain. Hear the facts leading up to today, to understand what needs to be done to restore democracy to what the founders envisioned.
Questions to be discussed: “How can corporations be considered “real” people?” “Do corporations share the same concerns as individuals?” “Are corporations using their newfound rights for the good of the ‘people’ or just themselves?”
If you are asking these questions, you are not alone, and you won’t want to miss: Corporate Personhood: How Big Business, Big Money & Politics is Hijacking the Constitution.
Guest: Attorney Shanna Cleveland – Former Sr. Counsel at ‘Free Speech for People’ an organization devoted to renewing our democracy.
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July 20, 2018 – For those who have only read about treason in the story-books, we have a real-life event going on that may scholars believe is unprecedented in our nation’s history. That is where a sitting president’s closest advisors have close affiliations with high-ranking members of a foreign adversary–here…
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June 19, 2018 – The US Supreme Court just announced their decision in two high-profile, highly-charged voter redistricting cases, Gill v. Whitford and Benisek v. Lamone. To the amazement of many pundits, the Court virtually dismissed them both! So what does this all mean? Yesterday, the Supreme Court of the…
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Guest: Dr. Daniel Breen, J.D., PhD,
Professor Breen is a Lecturer of Legal Studies at Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts. He holds a J.D. in Law from the University of Georgia, and a Ph.D. in American History from Boston College.
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January 24, 2018-Recently, both the US Supreme Court and state courts have been taking up the highly controversial and highly politicized issue of political gerrymandering–that is the artificial manipulation of voting districts by those in state legislatures to favor the party in power–their own. It’s accomplished by these legislatures creating…
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Discussion on International Privacy Laws and how geopolitics affects speech and what can be said on the internet across borders. Further discussion on retrieving data across borders when a US warrant has issued – even though those who wish to retrieve the data use a US warrant, data stored across borders may not be accessible. The discussion of geopolitics, internet privacy and how speech can be chilled by countries and foreign citizens wishing to remain anonymous.
Guest: Attorney & Professor of International Law, Vivek Krishnamurthy, Harvard Law School.
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May 13, 2017 – With the advent of the Internet of Things (IoT), where one can ask questions of their Siri, Alexa or other concierge device–devices that are always waiting…”listening” waiting to answer you…do you ever wonder if what you ask your device–stays with your device? If so, the next…
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March 18, 2017 – Just recently President Trump was upset that rapper, Snoop Dogg published a video with a male mannequin referred to in the video as Ronald Klump sporting a clown face, wearing a blonde wig, dressed in a suit and tie, and smoking marijuana,–obviously to mock Mr. Trump…
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March 7, 2017 – Just as Donald Trump is bristling over what he contends is a warrantless intrusion into the caverns of Trump Tower and he’s beloved privacy-here are the real issues. First, the likelihood that there really is a wiretap is quite suspect–after reading the dossier by the former…
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March 1, 2017 – It is not a surprise that Donald Trump has not divested himself of any of his holdings, any of which is positioned to give the appearance of impropriety or conflict. It should also come as no surprise that the same individual elected by less than half…
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