Groups Collect Petitions To Undo Supreme Court's Political Ad Decision

Credo and Change Congress have launched separate online drives asking for support to reverse last week's Supreme Court decision freeing up more corporate and union money for political TV and radio spots. President Barack Obama has said coming up with a legislative response to the court is a top priority.

Credo is the credit card and mobile phone company that raises money for progressive causes. It also has a separate Credo Action site that hosts various online petitions, including calling for strong action to counter the court. (Credo Action is credited with pumping in 98,000 of the 120,000 network neutrality comments the FCC received). The Credo petition is directed to the president and Congress telling them to enact "strong laws" to save the country from the "pernicious influence of corporate money." Change Congress co-founder Lawrence Lessig's petition is for the strongest kind of law change there is, a constitutional amendment.