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When money talks, democracy walks. Read this book to learn how We the People can take back our elections from the billionaires and overturn a Supreme Court ruling that is a gross misreading of our Constitution.

Robert B. Reich, Chancellors Professor, University of California, Berkeley, and former US Secretary of Labor

Derek Cressman nails it: money isnt speech; its power. After the Supreme Courts folly in Citizens United, concentrated money and power is destroying our democracy. But we can save it with a twenty-eighth amendment to the Constitution, and this book shows all of us how. Read it and join this historic work of all Americans.

Jeff Clements, author of Corporations Are Not People

Derek Cressman has explored the great issues of money in politics from every perspective: as a scholarly observer, as a passionate activist, as a serious candidate. And he has drawn from his years of struggle on behalf of nothing less than democracy itself an essential insight: If money is speech, then speech is no longer free. Cressmans brilliant examination of all the questions, all the ideas, all the issues that extend from that statement provides an essential starting point for every discussion of how to fix our broken electoral and governing systems. When Money Talks is much more than a bookalthough it is a very fine book. It is the key we have been looking for to unlock a future where the will of the people again triumphs over the money power.

John Nichols, Washington correspondent, The Nation

The movement to overturn Citizens United is turning into a stampede. Derek Cressman is helping lead the way. Read When Money Talks and join the movement.

Ben Cohen, cofounder, Ben & Jerrys Ice Cream, and Head Stamper, StampStampede.org

Cressmans book is a powerful indictment of Citizens United and provides thoughtful ideas on how We the People can help restore our democracy.

Lisa Graves, Executive Director, Center for Media and Democracy, and publisher, PRWatch.org and ALECexposed.org

Already, sixteen states and some 650 localities have called on Congress to send the states a constitutional amendment overturning Citizens United. In two states, Colorado and Montana, voters sent the message directly, through ballot measures that Derek Cressman helped lead when he was a vice president at Common Cause. We can thank Derek for his early, strategic thinking and organizing that built momentum for a constitutional amendment as the peoples solution to the problem.

From the epilogue by Miles Rapoport, President, Common Cause

When the story is written about how Americans came together to overturn Citizens United and end billionaire rule, Derek Cressman will have his own chapter. His passion for democracy is exceeded only by his clarity and his insights. When Money Talks is a map to the twenty-eighth amendment goal line.

Michele Sutter, cofounder, Money Out Voters In Coalition

For more than twenty years, Derek Cressman has been at the vanguard calling for a constitutional amendment to end the big-money dominance of our elections. When Money Talks powerfully makes the case why our current system of unlimited campaign spending is a threat to our republic and how we can advance and win a twenty-eighth amendment to ensure that all voices can be heard in the political process on a level playing field. Derek Cressman is a visionary for our democracy, and this is a must-read book for all Americans, across the political spectrum, who want to take the country back from the oligarchs and reclaim it for We the People.

John Bonifaz, cofounder and President, Free Speech for People

There arent many people who can cut through the legalese and fine print surrounding the complicated issue of money in politics as cogently as Derek Cressman. This book shows yet again that he is one of the most thoughtful, effective leaders in the fight to take back our democracy.

Michael B. Keegan, President, People for the American Way

When Money Talks

When Money Talks

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The High Price of Free Speech and the Selling of Democracy

Derek D. Cressman

When Money Talks

Copyright 2016 by Derek D. Cressman

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2015-1

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For Senator Fritz Hollings,
who fought the good fight
when no one else would.

Contents

How and Why We Have Limited the Duration, Volume, and Location of Speech

The Difference between Paid Speech and Free Speech

Three Good Reasons to Limit Paid Speech

How Courts Have Struck Down Limits on Money in Politics

How the People Can Overturn the Court

What Should a Constitutional Amendment Say?

How to Pass a Constitutional Amendment When Incumbents Dont Want One

Were Further Along Than You Think

Foreword

by Thom Hartmann

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