Recent news and notes from the movement to overturn Citizens United… The MetroWest Daily News State Senate passes Eldridge’s Citizens United resolution The state Senate yesterday passed a bipartisan resolution calling for the U.S. Congress to pass…
We already dispensed with the arguments against adopting an amendment by James Marc Leas and Rob Hager the first time they offered them up. But they’re back with another piece published in CounterPunch on July 9. And once again, their…
Recent news and notes from the movement to overturn Citizens United… People for the American Way (YouTube Video) Highlights of the Senate Constitution Subcommittee Hearings on Citizens United Amendments MetroWest Daily News State Senate passes Eldridge’s Citizens…
Ezra Klein has been filling in on the Rachel Maddow Show this week, which is a good choice since he’s one of the few people on television who can out-wonk the wonk. On the show Tuesday night, he lived up…
…and what would need to happen to address those legitimate concerns. To date, the strongest criticisms of abolishing corporate Constitutional rights has come not from the right, but from progressives. When they claim that abolishing corporate personhood goes too far, they are right,…
Recent news and notes from the movement to overturn Citizens United… Public Campaign Senate Hearing: Taking Back Our Democracy We’ll be on Capitol Hill for the hearing—and hope you can join us. If not, you can watch…
Recent news and notes from the movement to overturn Citizens United… Public Campaign Senate Hearing: Taking Back Our Democracy We’ll be on Capitol Hill for the hearing—and hope you can join us. If not, you can watch…
Citizens United was “the most misguided, naive, uninformed, egregious decision of the United States Supreme Court I think in the 21st century.” ~~Senator John McCain There are four primary considerations (legal precedents) that came together in Justice Kennedy’s opinion in…