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Supreme Court about to Gut Campaign Finance Laws...and Democracy?

Mark Green | Posted 12.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Buckley v. Valeo, Supreme Court, Justice Roberts, Santa Clara Country Case, Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce, Citizen's United v. FEC, Justice Alito, Democracy, Constitutional Amendment, Mccain-Feingold, McConnell v. FEC, Campaign Finance, Politics News
Mark Green

How did we get to the flashpoint where today's Supreme Court might ignore law and overrule long-standing precedent to allow corporations again to dominate our politics?

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Good News or Bad Ideas? States Re-examine Marriage Amendments

Bil Browning | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michigan, Ohio, Marriage Amendments, Kentucky, Constitutional Amendment, Gay Marriage, Marriage Equality, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News
Bil Browning

The equality drumbeat has rumbled on with news that Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Texas will be attempting to re-examine their amendments banning same-sex marriage and civil unions.

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Putting "Justice" Back Into D.O.J.

David O. Stewart | Posted 05.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Constitutional Amendment, Justice, Attorney General, Holder, Abortion, Pandering, Hot-Button-Issues, Atty General Eric Holder, Terrorism, Obama's Lawyers, Legald Advisors, Election Anxiety, Attorney General Eric Holder, Drug Enforcement, Eric-HOlder-Atty-General, Eric Holder, Fund-Raising, Obama Lawyers, Obama's Cabinet, Obama's Attorney Gneral, Death Penalty, Politics News
David O. Stewart

Why shouldn't the people also have their own lawyer?

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Constitutional Relativism and Proposition 8

Noah Manne | Posted 01.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Women's Suffrage, Constitutional Amendment, Gay Rights, Proposition 8, Constitutional Amendment to Ban Gay Marriage, Equal Rights, Equal Protection, California Gay Marriage Ban, Constitution, Civil Rights, Gay Marriage, Poltical Activism, Civil Rights Movement, Separation of Church and State, Freedom of Religion, Politics News
Noah Manne

Let's start with this premise: Equal treatment under the law. That is what the U.S. Constitution guarantees, and that is what we, as Americans, agre...

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Exclusive Interview: An M.I.T. And A Yale Professors' Cure For The Electoral College

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Winner Take All, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Elector, Electoral Vote, Statistics, Mit, Chance, Proportional, Arnold Barnett, Democrat, Mathematics, Battleground State, Election, Barack Obama, Interview, Yale, Elections, Politics, Political Theory, 50-State Strategy, Weighted Vote System, National Popular Vote, Chance Magazine, Vote, American Statistical Association, Political Science, Electoral College, Constitutional Amendment, Edward Kaplan, Popular Vote, Wvs, Politics News
Chris Weigant

I had the chance recently to interview two professors in the field of statistics (from Yale University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology),...

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Friday Talking Points [35] -- Tim Russert Memorial Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.21.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Nobody seriously annoyed me this week, but I will launch a pre-emptive finger-wagging, to anyone on the left who can't resist the urge to be disrespectful of Tim Russert's memory right now.

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