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Why Citizens United Is a Fraud: A Guide for Non-Lawyers

Mark Green | Posted 02.04.2010 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Buckley v. Valeo, Supreme Court, Shareholders, Mccain-Feingold, First Amendment, Corporate Governance, President Obama, Justie Scalia, Democracy, Congress, Chief Justice John Roberts, Elections, Justice Stevens, President Teddy Roosevelt, Corporations, Justice Kennedy, Pacs, Constitutional Amendment, Media Corporations, Citizens United v. FEC, Politics News
Mark Green

Here's a 10 point guide to an absurd, abstract, unprincipled, historic game-changer of a decision on Citizens v. United.

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Obama Takes our YouTube Question on Sudan

John Norris | Posted 02.02.2010 | Impact

Read More: Darfur, Elections, Sudan, Foreign Affairs, War, Youtube, Barack Obama, Advocacy, Impact News
John Norris

Thanks to the Sudan advocacy community's ability to quickly mobilize, the Enough Project was able to get Sudan policy front and center before President Obama not just once, but twice in 48 hours.

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Instant America

Gina Glantz | Posted 02.02.2010 | Politics

Read More: Coakley, Politics, Policy, Scott Brown, Elections, Gop, Rahm Emanuel, Bipartisanship, Election Season, Health Care, Democrats, Tea Party, Instant Polling, Politics News
Gina Glantz

Instant analysis, instant reaction, instant tactics to meet the perceived American voter need for instant gratification. Missing in all this are old-fashioned Democratic values and political principles.

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Sam Stein and Arthur Delaney

Supreme Court Ruling Spurs Huge Wave Of Good-Government Efforts

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein and Arthur Delaney | Posted 01.28.2010 | Politics

Read More: Elections, Citizens United, Public Financing, Fair Elections Now, Campaign Finance Reform, Campaign Finance, Politics News

Last week's Supreme Court decision in the Citizens United case has created the ripest environment since the Jack Abramoff scandal to implement tough n...

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Why I'm Calling for a Constitutional Amendment

Lawrence Lessig | Posted 01.28.2010 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Politics News, Constitutional Amendment, Lobbyists, Citizens United, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Federal Election Commission, Elections, Corruption, Politics News
Lawrence Lessig

The vast majority of Americans do not believe that their government is "dependent upon the People." The vast majority believes the government is dependent upon money. This has to change.

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Et Tu, ACLU?

Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman | Posted 01.27.2010 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Elections, Corporations, Election Finance Reform, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Campaign Finance, Politics News
Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman

The corporate campaign spending decision has transformed the ACLU into a conservative political organization working to arm the ultimate enemies of democracy.

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Supreme Court Ruling Spurs Corporation To Run for Congress:First Test of "Corporate Personhood" In Politics

William Klein | Posted 01.26.2010 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Politics, Elections, Congress, Campaign Contributions, Murray Hill Incorporated, Supreme Court Ruling, Corporate Personhood, Eric Hensal, William Klein, U.S. Supreme Court, Corporate-Contributions, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Campaign Finance, Politics News
William Klein

I'm sharing with readers of the Huffington Post some exciting news. I've agreed to serve as campaign manager for the first "corporate person" to exer...

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An Open Letter to the U.S. Media on Elections

Mimi Kennedy | Posted 01.23.2010 | Media

Read More: Democracy, Voting Systems, Elections, Election Integrity, Media, Media News
Mimi Kennedy

OPEN LETTER TO THE MEDIA from Mimi Kennedy, National Advisory Board Chair, Progressive Democrats of America Most people know the fundamental question...

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Corporations and Democracy

Sen. Michael Bennet | Posted 01.22.2010 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Elections, Citizens United, Campaign Finance, Politics News
Sen. Michael Bennet

Usually, when some new political development is called "a threat to democracy," I consider it a bit of an exaggeration. But in the case of the Citizens United decision, I must make a major exception,

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Institutional Integrity: Citizens United and the Path to a Better Democracy

Lawrence Lessig | Posted 01.22.2010 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Supreme Court, Citizens United, Elections, Lobbyists, Federal Election Commission, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Politics News
Lawrence Lessig

Whatever one believes about this Supreme Court decision, there's one thing no credible commentator could assert: That money bought this result.

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Will Exxon and Goldman choose our next president?

Josh Dorner | Posted 01.22.2010 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Goldman Sachs, Elections, Campaign Finance Reform, 2012 Election, 2010 Elections, Supreme Court Campaign Finance, Exxon Mobil, Campaign Finance, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Sierra Club, Citizen Journalists, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Politics News
Josh Dorner

The Supreme Court didn't just open the floodgates yesterday, it breached the dam that has held back untold sums of special interest cash for the bette...

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Campaign Finance Outrage: Democracy for the Highest Bidder

Jim Wallis | Posted 01.22.2010 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Precedents, First Amendment, Washington, Supreme Court Ruling, Elections, Economy, Campaign, Poor, Lawmakers, America, Government, Bailout, First Amendment Rights, Defense Contractors, Washington Lobbyists, Justice, Democracy, Electoral Process, Money, Politics, Democrat, Dissent, Election, Corporations, Campaign Finance Law, Spending, Banks, Center for Responsive Politics, Candidate, Special Interests, Sonia Sotomayor, Politics News
Jim Wallis

Corporations can now directly intervene in campaigns with candidate-specific ads. The only requirement remaining is that they not be coordinated with a campaign. But that's a requirement more of form than substance.

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A First Amendment Remedy for a First Amendment Train Wreck: Citizens United and the Future of Libel Law

Howard Schweber | Posted 01.22.2010 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Libel, Elections, First Amendment, Citizens United, New York Times v Sullivan, Campaign Finance, Politics News
Howard Schweber

This week, in Citizens United v. FEC, five Supreme Court Justices declared an effective end to campaign finance reform as far as advertising is concerned.

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The "Let Obama Be Obama" Moment

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.22.2010 | Politics

Read More: White House, President, Populism, Midterm Election, Special Election, President Obama, 2010 Election, Main Street, Democratic, Obama, Democratic Party, Economic Team, Let Bartlet Be Bartlet, Emanuel, Brown, Midterms, Leo McGarry, West Wing, President Bartlet, Administration, Let Obama Be Obama, Democrat, Massachusetts, Democrats, Barack Obama, Ted Kennedy, Elections, Wall Street, Rahm Emanuel, Chris Weigant, Midterm, State of the Union, Banks, Populist, Senate, Bartlet, Politics News
Chris Weigant

It's about time to start fighting for the little guy and against the fat cats. It's about time to start fighting, when it comes right down to it.

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Radical Supreme Court Decision Creates Opportunity For Campaign Finance Reform In New York

Eric T. Schneiderman | Posted 01.23.2010 | New York

Read More: Supreme Court, Judicial Activism, Elections, Eric Schneiderman, Radical Right, Senator Eric Schneiderman, Eric T. Schneiderman, Corporate Power, Campaign Finance, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, New York News
Eric T. Schneiderman

Make no mistake about it, this is a radical case of judicial activism. The Court's decision provides another reason why Governor Paterson ought to sign the ethics reform bill immediately.

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It's Official: Corporations Rule.

Eric Lotke | Posted 01.22.2010 | Politics

Read More: Elections, Campaign, Public Financing, Corporations, Politics News
Eric Lotke

Today's decision turns paper corporations into actual people, and gives advertisers more constitutional protection than voters.

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And So It Better Begin

Stephen Gyllenhaal | Posted 01.20.2010 | Politics

Read More: Health Care, Goldman Sachs, Massachusetts, Obama, Elections, Ted Kennedy, Scott Brown, Martha Coakley, Politics News
Stephen Gyllenhaal

Am I upset? You bet I'm upset. I would like Obama out of office now except ... except ... if he could just finally wake up out of whatever dream Harvard-world he's been living in.

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Hawaii's Republicans Stand Alone: Party's Island Presence Continues To Diminish

LA Times | Alana Semuels | Posted 01.09.2010 | Politics

Read More: Oahu, Elections, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Hawaii Gop, Gop, Hawaii, Obama, Honolulu, Democrats, 2008 Election, Republicans, Politics News

These are wearisome days to be a Republican in Hawaii. The state has voted consistently Democratic since statehood, but now that Hawaii is home state ...

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Obama's Second-Year Potential

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.07.2010 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Cap and Trade, Congress, Census, Recovery, Potential, President Obama, Economy, Jobs, Iraq, Democratic, Immigration, Reform, Obama, Scotus, Democratic Party, Withdrawal, Bush Tax Cuts, Republican, Politics, Troop Withdrawal, 2010, Unemployment, Latino, Tax Cuts, Midterms, Republican Party, Health Care, Energy, House, Democrat, Politically, Democrats, Election, Barack Obama, Elections, Midterm, Chris Weigant, Health, Sotu, State of the Union, Party of No, Senate, Healthcare, Politics News
Chris Weigant

There are quite a few positive things scheduled for 2010. This doesn't automatically mean the president is guaranteed to have a great year, but it certainly sets the scene.

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Democrats Dropping Out Of 2010 Elections

AP | DALE WETZEL | Posted 01.06.2010 | Politics

Read More: Democrats, 2010, Elections, Dodd, Dorgan, Ritter, Politics News

BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota Sen. Byron Dorgan said Wednesday he decided against running for a fourth term because he wanted to pursue other op...

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Minority Population Growing, Dispersing: Fewer Congressional Districts Are Predominantly White

The March of Diversity | Saturday, December 19, 2009 | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Asian Voters, Caucasians, Whites, Hispanics, Congress, Latinos, 2010 Elections, Black Voters, Race, Elections, Asians, Blacks, Hispanic Voters, Congressional Districts, Demographics, Voting, Minorities, White Voters, Politics News

With Hispanics providing the principal engine, the nation's minority population is not only increasing but also dispersing beyond the big cities where...

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Supreme Court to Hand Government to Republicans, Again: This Time, Forever.

Paul Abrams | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Elections, First Amendment, Legal Person, Corporate Speech, Unnatural Persons, Natural Person, Republicans, Politics News
Paul Abrams

Because of the legal nicety of the corporation, established solely to promote commerce, we are now going to be treated to the permanent takeover of the US government by these humanly-created legal fictions.

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Random 2010 Thoughts

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ronald Reagan, Purity Test, Economy, 2010 Election, Reform, Immigration, Democratic, Republican, Teabag, Reagan, 2010, Tea Bag, Tea Partiers, Midterms, Teabagger, Health Care, Dobbs, Tea Party, Eleventh Commandment, 2010 Midterms, Three Dot, Herb Caen, House, Lou Dobbs, Democrat, Congress, Democrats, Election, Elections, Dylan Loewe, Midterm, Chris Weigant, Health, 2010 Midterm Elections, Harry Reid, Rasmussen, Senate, Healthcare, Loewe, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Other interesting news from Republicanland is a new poll showing that, given three choices, voters state who they'd likely vote for in the 2010 election in the following order: (1) Democrats, (2) Tea Partiers, (3) Republicans.

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Obama Met With Journalists Before West Point Speech: 'Americans Are Right To Be Concerned'

The Atlantic | Marc Ambinder | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Karzai, Afghanistan War, Congress, Afghanistan, Economy, Lunch, Re-Election, Obama, Democrats, 2011, 2012, West Point, Elections, Deficit, Barack Obama, Spending, Escalation, West Point Speech, Iraq, Republicans, Politics News

Obama, speaking with a group of columnists and reporters at a White House lunch today, conceded that Americans "are right to be concerned" about the a...

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Followers And Leaders

Gary Hart | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Leadership, Elections, Politicians, American Voters, Politics News
Gary Hart

American citizens cannot decide whether they want to vote for followers or leaders. While decrying the lack of leadership in America, they punish elected officials who take unpopular but forward looking stands.

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