Occupying the Courts

As part of a nationwide protest, a group of about 40 demonstrators Friday held signs as cars honked along East Walnut Street in front of the Pasadena Superior Court, as part of “Occupy the Courts.”
“This is about it being the second anniversary of Citizens United and we’re trying to raise awareness that this was a really bad Supreme Court decision,” said the event’s organizer, Patrick Briggs. “And as a result of it, and all of the corporate money that’s flooding the election system.”
Briggs said on January 21, 2010 the Supreme Court ruled that “you can’t deny corporate money coming into the system because its free speech.” This allows unlimited spending for political purposes by corporations and unions.
Protesters were also collecting signatures that Briggs said would be presented to Congressman Adam Schiff sometime in February. He said they were hoping to get at least 1,000 signatures supporting campaign reform. Briggs also said they plan to go before the city council in February.
He said they were looking for support towards a Constitutional amendment that would say “corporations are not people.”