Reason magazine's Jacob Sullum sees no cause for concern in the tidal wave of political spending by wealthy donors unleashed by the Supreme Court. The super PACs have made things more competitive, he assures us, and the "fear" of critics like myself that the wealthy will "dominate the...
(36) Comments | Posted January 20, 2012 | 1:56 PM
After a raucous week of campaigning filled with vicious personal and political attacks, Republicans will go to the polls in South Carolina on Saturday. Saturday also marks the two-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision. The connection? This Republican primary is offering progressives the equivalent of a movie...
(10) Comments | Posted March 3, 2010 | 3:21 PM
If you think special interest money plays too large a role in politics, be prepared for an election cycle that will confirm your worst suspicions -- unless Congress is successful in a race against time to dampen the deeply corrosive effects of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn century-old campaign...
(8) Comments | Posted November 3, 2009 | 12:45 PM
President Barack Obama's promise to close the U.S. detention facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, within his first year in office gave substance to one of the central messages of his campaign: the age of unilateralism and disdain for international norms has come to an end, and an era of renewed...
(7) Comments | Posted June 1, 2012 | 9:23 AM