ABC News: Justice Clarence Thomas Amends 20 Years of Disclosure Forms With Wife’s Employers
January 24, 2011- Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas amended 20 years worth of financial disclosure forms today after a liberal watchdog group questioned the omission of his wife's place of…
Protect Our Elections Asks DOJ To Prosecute Justice Thomas For False Statements
January 24, 2011- Today, we asked the Justice Department to bring criminal charges against Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for making false statements on his Financial Disclosure forms every year…
Alternet: Vermont Is Gearing Up to Strike a Major Blow to Corporate Personhood, Ban It Statewide
On the anniversary of the Citizens United decision, Vermont politicians are moving to deny corporations the rights that humans enjoy. January 22, 2011- A year ago today, the Supreme Court…
Truthout: On Anniversary of Citizens United Ruling, DOJ Asked to Investigate Scalia and Thomas for Conflicts of Interest
January 21, 2011- Today marks the one-year anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, that opened the floodgates for unlimited corporate spending on election…
US News: 2010 Set Campaign Spending Records
The 2010 midterm elections had a record-setting $4 billion price tag January 7, 2011- Even with its byzantine rules and dry legal terminology, campaign finance was a hot topic from…
MSNBC: How Wall St. execs bankrolled GOP victory
Hedge fund moguls donated $10 million, gained key House allies to head off financial reforms January 5, 2011: A small network of hedge fund executives pumped at least $10 million…
Huffington Post: 2010 “Person” of the Year: The U.S. Supreme Court
December 31, 2010: It's difficult to look beyond the tumult of current events and ask, "what happened this year that will be remembered ten, twenty, or fifty years from now?"…
Huffington Post: Outgoing Democratic Congressman John Hall Warns Citizens United Could Lead To ‘Fascism’
December 29, 2010: Rep. John Hall (D-N.Y.), who is leaving Capitol Hill after being defeated by Republican challenger Nan Hayworth, recently warned that with the massive changes to campaign finance…
CREW: FEC Commissioners Are Actors Impersonating Public Servants
December 15, 2010- Despite being tasked with monitoring an election cycle in which $4 billion was spent, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) obtained penalties in only 34 cases, 86 percent…
Huffington Post: Former Justices Stevens & O’Connor Reject ‘Citizens United’ Ruling
Decmeber 19, 2010- Former Supreme Court Justices John Paul Stevens and Sandra Day O'Connor recently appeared to come to a similar conclusion about the majority decision reached by their former…
NYT: Justices Offer Receptive Ear to Business Interests
December 18, 2010- Almost 40 years ago, a Virginia lawyer named Lewis F. Powell Jr. warned that the nation’s free enterprise system was under attack. He urged the U.S. Chamber…
NYC Public Advocate de Blasio Releases Report on Impact of Citizens United on 2010 Election
December 10, 2010- Public Advocate Bill de Blasio today released a comprehensive report analyzing the broad impact of U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling in the 2010 election cycle. The…
Mayor Bloomberg: Nonpartisan Redistricting Would Increase Competition, Choice & Accountability for New Yorkers
December 13, 2010- Mayor Bloomberg today released a report showing that nonpartisan reforms to the redistricting process can increase the competitiveness of legislative elections at the state and federal level.…
LA Times: Election tone was anti-incumbent, but old pros handled the cash
Most went for a war on the airwaves, consultants say, making TV stations big winners. November 27, 2010- Anti-incumbent anger and "tea party" conservatives may have set the tone for…