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._ _ _ _ 7 <br />i <br />3 <br />, <br />, <br />/~ <br />~ ~ <br />! The federal government "can claim secret~ legal arguments to support secret [courtj <br />proceedings using secret evidence," * in violation of the 4~', 5~', and 6~` Amendments. <br />The federal government and its CIA employees can torture suspected terrorists, in <br />violation of treaties to which the U.S is a party, and of the Nuremburg Principles of war ^ <br />crimes and human rights. ~ <br />The federal government can transfer anyone, even U.S. citizens, to other countries fQ~t <br />purposes of torture. ~ <br />All of these abuses can be applied to innocent people, even people in this very room. <br />None of us has any legal protection against them. <br />In light of the fact that corporations have exponentially increasing i.nfluence in the <br />outcomes of our elections, and therefore in the control of our government, and in light of <br />the bailout of Wa11 Street at the expense of Main Street, I ask you to begin to help redxess <br />this gross subversion of human rights and democratic government by supporting a <br />Constitutional amendment sta.ting that corporations are not people and money is not <br />speech. <br />Sources: <br />*For a summary of the diminishing rights of citizens and links to specific sources <br />htt ://www.washin on ost.com/o inions/is-the-united-states-still-the-land-of-the- <br />free/2012/O l/04/~IQAvcD 1 wP print html <br />For a history of increasing corporate personhood <br />http://www.wilpf.or~/docs/ccp/corp/ACP/CP article%2Btimeline ~df <br />