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The roots of corporate personhood

Rick Claypool wrote 1 day ago: As the progressive community anticipates the Supreme Court possibly opening the floodgates to corpor … more →

Tags: activism, campaign finance, Congress, Corporate power, Don't Get Rolled, Government Reform, Money in Politics, Supreme Court

First Post @ First One @ One First1 comment

Mike Sacks wrote 1 week ago: My name is Mike Sacks.  I am a third-year law student at Georgetown interested in legal journalism a … more →

Tags: Introduction, Boumediene, first in Line, Georgetown Law, Gonzales, Heller, Journalism, Law and Politics, ledbetter

It's The End of the World As We Know It4 comments

The Local Crank wrote 2 weeks ago: The US Supreme Court is poised to formally cede control of the American democratic process to large, … more →

Tags: constitution, Corporations, Elections, free speech, hillary clinton, Supreme Court

NEWS FROM THE FRONT

johnlegry wrote 3 weeks ago:       WHY? Word is that jobs – employment – and the economy are the priority.  Global wa … more →

Tags: Environment and Population, Politics (mostly), President Obama, Bin Laden, Congress, Global Warming, media, climate change, Economy

Will the Supreme Court unleash corporate spending in elections?1 comment

Angela Canterbury wrote 3 weeks ago: Any day now, the Supreme Court will decide the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission case. … more →

Tags: activism, campaign finance, Congress, Litigation, Corporate power, Don't Get Rolled, Money in Politics

corporate personhood5 comments

perpetuallyphil wrote 4 weeks ago: i made this video for a class/work project that i am involved with. corporate personhood is at the r … more →

Tags: Politics, Video, democracy, corporate personhood

Foreign Contributions and the Supreme's Overdue Decision on Campaign Funding1 comment

michaelcollinsefn wrote 2 months ago: Foreign Contributions and the Supreme’s Overdue Decision on Campaign Funding  Michael Collins … more →

Tags: Elections, Campaign Finance Laws, Citizens United vs FEC, corporate influence, corporatism, Federal Elections Commission, foreign campaign finance, McCain-Feingold, us supreme court campaign finance

Citizens United v. FEC: A look behind the scenes6 comments

Editor wrote 2 months ago: We’ve been spreading the word that the Supreme Court is considering a critically important case this … more →

Tags: campaign finance, Congress, Don't Get Rolled, Government Reform, Money in Politics

Taking a Hard Line on Soft Money: Corporate Campaign Finance Reform from Buckley to Hillary1 comment

Marisa Floriani wrote 3 months ago: Hiroki Ogawa, Staff Writer           On the 9th of September, the Supreme Court heard rearguments on … more →

Tags: Constitutional law, Finance, citizens united v. federal election commission, hillary clinton, Federal Election Commission, FEC, McCain-Feingold act, Bipartisan Campagin Reform Act of 2002, Hillary the Movie

FENX-less, but still inspiring hope...or so I am told.

fenxiv wrote 3 months ago: When I last wrote, I commented on the FENX 4.0 being in Michigan for repairs and modifications; it s … more →

Tags: FENX III, FENX 4.0, Michigan, Washington, washington dc, Speaker of the house, Newt Gingrich, Capitol Police, Discovering God in America

The Wakening Tapes: The Firesale of American Security

steve wrote 3 months ago: My thanks to MB Snow for this: Citizens United is proud to launch a new web video featuring Represen … more →

Tags: fraud, america, corruption, Barack Obama, Thaddeus McCotter, Obama's Appeasement

Colbert: Where's the love? Corporations are people too!

Joe Newman wrote 3 months ago: Leave it to Stephen Colbert to sum up the plight of corporations and their fight for the right to be … more →

Tags: campaign finance, Congress, Litigation, colbert, Don't Get Rolled, Government Reform, Money in Politics, SCOTUS, Supreme Court

Fairness, not free-speech, at stake in Citizens United vs. FEC case?

Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship wrote 3 months ago: On Wednesday, September 9th , the Supreme Court reheard arguments in the case of Citizens United v. … more →

Tags: Jennifer Liebman: Author, Federal Elections Commission, Marjorie Heins, Hilary Clinton, hilary the movie, FEPP

It looks like The Supreme Court is gonna throw out the Campaign Finance law bans on corporate and group free speech...

jamesb101 wrote 3 months ago: On Wednesday, lawyers for the conservative group Citizens United, argued before the court that the M … more →

Tags: Politics, Law, Supreme Court, McCain/Feingold, Ban, Unconstitutional, Solicitor General, Corporations, groups

The "Don't Get Rolled!" roundup2 comments

Rick Claypool wrote 3 months ago: In the streets and on the Web, activists made it clear yesterday that there is strong opposition to … more →

Tags: activism, Congress, campaign finance, Don't Get Rolled, Government Reform, Money in Politics

SCOTUS To Overhaul Campaign Finance Laws?2 comments

PJ wrote 3 months ago: This is pretty disturbing: WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appears poised to wipe away limits on camp … more →

Tags: Politics, News, SCOTUS, supreme court to overhaul campaign finance, campaign finance, Hillary

Update on Citizens United v. FEC: Campaign Finance Reform and Free Speech1 comment

Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship wrote 3 months ago: Earlier this year, we covered Citizens United v. FEC, a Supreme Court case on the constitutionality … more →

Tags: Jennifer Liebman: Author, Supreme Court, Hillary the Movie, hillary clinton, Federal Election Commission

Austin Rally Against Corporate Influence in Politics & US Supreme Court "Citizens United" Case2 comments

citizensarah wrote 4 months ago: Austin Rally to Protest the Possibility that the U.S. Supreme Court Will Allow Corporations to Unlea … more →

Tags: campaign finance, good government, Public Citizen, fair-elections, climate change, Health Care, Austin, Texas, US Supreme Court, Don't Get Rolled

Grinding progress to a halt

Rick Claypool wrote 4 months ago: Things are looking ugly in the political world, as efforts to benefit the greater public good are me … more →

Tags: campaign finance, ethics, activism, campaign finance reform, Corporate power, Don't Get Rolled, Money in Politics, Government Reform


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