Protect Our Elections
-By Sahil Kapur February 27, 2013- In expressing his deep skepticism Wednesday for the constitutionality of a centerpiece of the Voting Rights Act, Justice Antonin Scalia questioned the motivations of…
-By Nicole Flatow and Ian Millhiser February 27, 2013- There were audible gasps in the Supreme Court’s lawyers’ lounge, where audio of the oral argument is pumped in for members…
-By Steve Benen February 27, 2013- In recent decades, support for the Voting Rights Act became nearly universal -- that is, until very recently. As much of the right has…
-By Bob Lewis (Associated Press) February 27, 2013- RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The Susan B. Anthony List, a national organization that opposes abortion, is pledging at least $1.5 million to…
-By Zachary Roth February 25, 2013- The Washington D.C. lawyer representing the Alabama county that wants to strike down the heart of the most effective civil-rights law in history specialize…
-By Ian Millhiser February 25, 2013- Hans von Spakovsky may be America’s top expert on voter disenfranchisement. How to foster voter disenfranchisement, that is. As an official in the Bush…
-By Kathleen Galligan January 16, 2013- Lobbying is normal in the course of public business, but when the government lobbies itself, the practice can involve taxpayer resources used to pursue…
-By Gary Heinlein February 24, 2013- Lansing — Republicans handed Bobby Schostak another two-year term as state chairman Saturday and overwhelmingly endorsed a plan to change Michigan presidential electoral vote…
-By David Ferguson February 23, 2013- A Montana Republican state legislator has introduced a bill that would give corporations the right to vote in municipal elections. According to Think Progress,…
-By Emily Swanson February 22, 2013- The Supreme Court announced this week that it would hear McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, a case challenging the cap on the total amount…
-By Ian Millhiser February 22, 2013- A bill introduced by Montana state Rep. Steve Lavin would give corporations the right to vote in municipal elections: Provision for vote by corporate…
-By Kathleen Miles February 21, 2013- California voters are poised to become the largest electorate to decide whether to support a constitutional amendment that would overturn the U.S. Supreme Court's…
-By Elspeth Reeve February 20, 2013- The massive amount of outside political spending unleashed by Citizens United did not, as feared, make it easier for rich people to buy an…