Roll Call: Senators Urge Supreme Court to Uphold Law Banning Corporate Donations
-By Eliza Newlin Carney May 18, 2012- A stream of amicus briefs to the Supreme Court on a closely watched political spending case turned to a flood by the end…
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-By Eliza Newlin Carney May 18, 2012- A stream of amicus briefs to the Supreme Court on a closely watched political spending case turned to a flood by the end…
The old, white, rich men who are buying this election. -By Frank Rich April 22, 2012- If you want to appreciate what Barack Obama is up against in 2012, forget…
-By Tom Schoenberg and Jonathan D. Salant March 31, 2012- The U.S. Federal Election Commission overstepped its authority by allowing groups that give money for election advertising to withhold the…
-By Eric W. Dolan March 27, 2012- The New York Assembly’s Election Law Committee on Tuesday approved a resolution to call upon the United States Congress send to the states…
-By Dan Froomkin March 24, 2012- WASHINGTON -- The two most controversial campaign financing practices of the post-Citizens United era aren’t actually the Supreme Court’s fault. The court's conservative majority…
-By Dan Froomkin March 21, 2012- WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats are setting up a showdown with Republicans on the issue of unlimited secret campaign donations, proposing new rules that would…
-By Robin Bravender March 15, 2012- The AFL-CIO, the largest organized labor group in the United States, wants an immediate crackdown on super PACs. The union federation on Wednesday afternoon…
-By Matt Sledge March 13, 2012- Don't cry for the sugar daddies. Rick Santorum may be down and Rick Perry may be out, but the billionaires and millionaires who bet…
-By Dan Froomkin March 12, 2012- WASHINGTON -- CEOs may think twice before making what they intend to be secret campaign donations from their corporate treasuries, now that a progressive…
Justice Ginsburg knows the Citizens United decision was a mistake. Now she appears to be ready to speak truth to power. -By Richard L. Hasen February 20, 2012- In 18…