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January 23, 2012

Protests Held Across Nation Against Citizens United Ruling 
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Scores of protests were held across the country on Friday to protest the
second anniversary of the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling, which
ruled corporations have a right to spend unlimited amounts of money on
political campaigns. Twelve people were arrested outside the U.S.
Supreme Court. The actions were dubbed "Occupy the Courts."

Tony, protester from Austin, Texas: "Today we're here to protest the
Citizens United decision and any decisions that support unlimited money
being used to buy our elections."

Paul King, from Brick, New Jersey: "I feel like corporate money is
invading our politics and taking voices away from the common people. So
I felt it's important to kind of come out and be seen and possibly be
heard."

Vic, protester from Charlotte, North Carolina: "This is an unstoppable
force, whether people want to recognize it as such or not. We're up
against a lot of odds, but like I said, there's power in numbers. And if
we get those numbers, you can't stop it."



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