We the People Massachusetts is not committed long-term to particular language for the U.S. Constitutional Amendment, but any amendment we support must contain the two principles cited in our mission statement: that
“[C]orporations have no consciences, no beliefs, no feelings, no thoughts, no desires. Corporations help structure and facilitate the activities of human beings, to be sure, and their ‘personhood’ often serves as a useful legal fiction. But they are not themselves members of ‘We the People’ by whom and for whom our Constitution was established.
— Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, 2010, dissenting in Citizens United v. FEC”
The rights protected by the Constitution of the United States are the rights of individual human beings only and
Money spent to influence elections is not protected free speech and shall be regulated to ensure equal access to the political process for all Americans.
In the Congressional session of 2023-2024, We the People Massachusetts supports only the We the People Amendment, H.J. Res. 54.
Our goal for the new session of Congress in 2023 is to get support from all nine Massachusetts Representatives to the U.S. House for H.J. Res. 54. As of May 2023, 6 of the 9 Massachusetts members of the U.S. House have co-sponsored H.J. Res. 54: Reps. Keating, Lynch, McGovern, Moulton, Pressley, and Trahan. Those who have not yet co-sponsored are Reps. Auchincloss, Clark, and Neal.
We need your help to lobby your Member of Congress!
If you are willing to call or write them, or join us in a meeting with them, please write to Info@WtPMass.org and we will give you an update on your Representative and all the information you need.
The U.S. Senate: The We the People Amendment has not been filed in the Senate. In 2019, WtPMA presented Senators Markey and Warren over 5,000 petition signatures of constituents asking them to file the We the People Amendment. We have had productive discussions with their staff. Senator Markey agreed to file the We the People Amendment in 2020 if he was able to get five co-sponsors, but his staff was unable to secure those commitments. This year we are determined to win their full support and action for the We the People Amendment!
If you are willing to help, please write us at Info@WtPMass.org
Here is the text of House Joint Resolution 54 filed in the 118th Congress
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-joint-resolution/54/text