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Congress Pushes Back Against Supreme Court, Returns Civil Rights to People with Disabilities

Cristóbal Joshua Alex | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Americans With Disabilities Act, S.3406, Legislation, Steny Hoyer, Courts, Disabilities, Civil Rights, ADA Amendments Act, S.1881, Americans With Disabilities Restoration Act, Supreme Court, Rollback, Congress, H.RES.1299, Ada, Politics News
Cristóbal Joshua Alex

In passing the ADA Amendments Act, Congress is finally pushing back at a Court that has been hard at work dismantling our civil rights infrastructure.

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Another Corporate Gimmick -- Arbitration

Dave Johnson | Posted 06.14.2008 | Business

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Dave Johnson

More and more consumer-oriented contracts have clauses specifying that disputes must go to arbitration rather than our civil justice system. But 98.8% of arbitrations end in favor of the corporations.

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Justice For...All?

Dave Johnson | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics

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Dave Johnson

Big companies have the money to take these cases to court. But what if you or I need to go to court? Are we on an equal footing?

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The Ten Best Public Policies of 2007

Andrea Batista Schlesinger | Posted 12.27.2007 | Politics

Read More: Russ Feingold, Minnesota, Martin O'Malley, Maryland, Michael Bloomberg, Subway, DC Voting Rights, Efca, New Haven, 2007, Immigration, Policy, Denver, New York City, Transportation, Labor, Subprime Mortgages, Courts, Maine, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Drum Major Institute, Health Care, San Francisco, Politics News
Andrea Batista Schlesinger

From DMI's Year In Review 2007 1. Arbitrary Dispute Resolution The Seventh Amendment hasn't been repealed. So how did Americans lose the right to tr...

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A Victory For The People of Gary, Indiana

Paul Helmke | Posted 11.02.2007 | Politics

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Paul Helmke

When gun industry practices injure the public, it should be held accountable. That's a common-sense idea, and the court agreed in Gary, Indiana.

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"God" Reponds To Lawsuit Filed In Nebraska

AP | NATE JENKINS | Posted 09.20.2007 | Home

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God has apparently responded to a lawsuit filed by a Nebraska lawmaker, and one of the filings seems to have dropped in from the heavens. "This one mi...

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