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On Fair Courts and Big Coal
Today in the Supreme Court, a case was argued that makes a pretty compelling case for a fair and independent judiciary. Robert Barnes at the Washington Post did a good overview yesterday.Caperton and...
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Corporate Spending in Judicial Elections Skyrocketing
For those still in doubt about the potential for corporate influence in national elections in the post-Citizens United world, it might be helpful to look at the growing sway of corporate money in...
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Extremely Extreme Extremism Update
With Election Day fast approaching, tens of millions of dollars from corporations flooding the airwaves each week and seemingly endless news stories about apathy in the Democratic base, right-wing...
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The Voter-Fraud Fraud
"I don't want everybody to vote ... our leverage in the elections quite candidly goes up as the voting populace goes down." - Paul Weyrich, founding father of the conservative movement, 1980.When news...
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‘Odd Alliance’ Between the Tea Party and the Corporate Lobby? Maybe, But It’s...
The New York Times today reports on what it calls the “odd alliance” between populist-seeming Tea Party groups and corporate lobbyists. The paper’s investigation into a Tea Party group’s all-out...
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Has Roberts Repudiated His Umpire Analogy?
Inside yesterday's Supreme Court opinion in Smith v. Bayer lies a repudiation of much of the far right's propaganda about judges. The severely flawed analogy of a judge interpreting the law with an...
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This Time, the Roberts Court Keeps the Courthouse Doors Open
The Roberts Court is notorious for too often seeking excuses to close the courthouse door and keep individuals from vindicatingtheirrights. So yesterday’s unanimous opinions in Bond v. US and Smith v....
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Delaware General Assembly Members Send Letter to Washington Urging...
Delaware General Assembly Members Send Letter to Washington Urging Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Citizens United Earlier this month, members of the Delaware General Assembly began gathering...
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West Virginia Becomes 12th State to Call For Amendment Overturning Citizens...
West Virginia Becomes 12th State to Call For Amendment Overturning Citizens United The West Virginia Legislature has approved a resolution calling on Congress to propose a constitutional amendment...
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