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Sen. Bernie Sanders has proposed a constitutional amendment that would overturn the Supreme Court decision in a case called Citizens United vs. FEC.

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Yes, We Have a Permit to Occupy

Dawn Smith is an aspiring playwright in Atlanta. Four years ago, she was diagnosed with a rare, but treatable brain tumor. Her doctors are ready to remove it, but they can't because CIGNA refuses to pay for the surgery.

Dawn has been fighting CIGNA on her own, but now she's asking for our help. CIGNA may be able to ignore her, but they won't be able to ignore millions of us standing together.

Can you sign this statement of support to shine a light on Big Insurance's abusive tactics, get Dawn the care she needs and make sure they don't do this to anyone again?

A compiled statement with your individual comment will be presented to H. Edward Hanway, CEO of CIGNA.

http://pol.moveon.org/dawnsmith/

Read all the details at the link below:

Stop the Abuse of the State Secrets Privilege

The following is a shocking and horrifying story about how an internationally known company is using a mandatory binding arbitration clause in an employment contract to hide the truth and prevent a woman who was raped to have her day in court and hold her attacker accountable.

“Jamie Leigh Jones, now 22, says that after she was raped by multiple men at a KBR camp in the Green Zone (of Iraq), the company put her under guard in a shipping container with a bed and warned her that if she left Iraq for medical treatment, she'd be out of a job.” – ABC News, 20/20

What is just as appalling is that Jamie will never have an opportunity to hold her rapists or her employers accountable in a court of law. Her employment contract, like millions of other Americans, includes a Binding Mandatory Arbitration clause. So instead of having her day in court, she’ll be forced into a privatized justice system with no public record.

“Since no criminal charges have been filed, the only other option, according to Hutson, is the civil system, which is the approach that Jones is trying now. But Jones' former employer doesn't want this case to see the inside of a civil courtroom. KBR has moved for Jones' claim to be heard in private arbitration, instead of a public courtroom. It says her employment contract requires it.” – ABC News, 20/20

The Arbitration Fairness Act (H.R. 3010/S. 1782), would ban Binding Mandatory Arbitration clauses in contracts like Jamie’s, and also in most other consumer, franchise, and securities contracts.

Yesterday, December 12, 2007, the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee heard testimony on the Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007. So now is the time to write to your members of Congress and remind them to cosponsor AFA 2007.

So far, more than 60 members of Congress have joined the bill as cosponsors. Help add your members of Congress to the growing list by sending them a message right now.

Tell Your Representatives To Cosponsor the Arbitration Fairness Act Today

Join me in making sure that America never has to see another case like Jamie Leigh Jones, please take a moment and contact your Representatives today.

As always, thank you for your continued support,

Sean

Sean Peter Flaherty
People Over Profits Campaign

Stop Mandatory Arbitration

Right now companies are legally using your own signature against you. Sounds crazy, but it is true. Whether you’re buying a new home, taking a new job, or signing up for a credit card, you are most likely giving up your Constitutional rights.

Open a bank account … sign away your rights! Getting a cell phone … sign away your rights! Signing up for cable and internet service … sign away your rights! How about putting a loved one into a nursing home … you guessed it, you’re signing your and their rights away!

Corporations get you to sign away your rights and then turn around to use that signature against you when something goes wrong. How do they do it? With what is known in Washington-speak as Binding Mandatory Arbitration Clauses that are buried in the fine print of many consumer contracts.

The good news is we are beginning to get the attention of some in Congress, but there is a lot of work left. We have to wake up Washington so that they pass the Arbitration Fairness Act – the bill which will ban BMA clauses in consumer contracts for good!

Had enough of these corporate tricks? Then contact Congress today!

Contact Your Senators and Representatives and Tell Them To Cosponsor AFA2007!

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