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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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Longmont Elections Show Need for Transparency

Michael D. Brown | Posted 10.23.2009 | Denver

Read More: Transparency, Campaign Finance Reform, Longmont-Election-Committee, Mccain-Feingold, Election Reform, Denver News
Michael D. Brown

Drama is playing out in Longmont, where campaign laws thought to prevent corruption by limiting expenditures and contributions is instead corrupting free speech.

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Did Thomas Jefferson Think Corporations Were People?

Carl Pope | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Roberts, Scotus, John Roberts, Mccain-Feingold, Antonin Scalia, Politics News
Carl Pope

Will the Supreme Court overturn 102 years of precedent and rule that corporations have the same right to spend money to influence elections that citizens possess?

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History Will Judge

Andrew Reinbach | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Judicial Activism, US Supreme Court, Mccain-Feingold, Federal Election Commission, Right-Wing Extremism, Federal Campaign Reform, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Politics News
Andrew Reinbach

You have to wonder whether the Justices are in the service of powers determined to remake America to their advantage, or if they respect themselves and want to make good law.

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Tightening the Corporate Grip: The Stakes at the Supreme Court

Robert Weissman | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Money and Politics, Supreme Court, Corporate Speech, Elections, Mccain-Feingold, Corporations, Campaign Finance, Politics News
Robert Weissman

Overturning the court's precedents on corporate election expenditures would be nothing short of a disaster.

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Coming Soon to a Democracy Near You ...

Michael Winship | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, John McCain, Campaign Finance Reform, Federal Election Commission, Hillary the Movie, Campaign Legal Center, Floyd Abrams. Trevor Potter, Hillary Clinton, Citizens United, Mccain-Feingold, Politics News
Michael Winship

Depending on the outcome of a special Supreme Court hearing, Hillary: The Movie could unleash a new torrent of cash flooding into campaigns from big business.

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Sue 'Em Back to the Stone Age: The RNC Files Suit to Reverse the Small Donor Revolution

Monica Youn | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Brennan Center, Campaign Finance Reform, Rnc, Small Donor Revolution, McCain Feingold, Citizens United, Obama Small Donors, Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, Campaign Finance, Politics News
Monica Youn

Last week, a panel of the D.C. federal court heard arguments in a case where the RNC is seeking to turn back the clock to a time before Obama's "small-donor revolution."

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Obama Should Nominate Feingold Next to Supreme Court

Matthew Rothschild | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, US Supreme Court, Feingold Obama, Russ Feingold, Us Constitution, Rhodes Scholar, Sotomayor Confirmation, Rick Warren, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings, Senator Feingold, Harvard Law School, Mccain-Feingold, Politics News
Matthew Rothschild

Obama would do himself proud, and his progressive base proud, and the Constitution proud, by nominating Russ Feingold to fill the next vacancy on the Supreme Court.

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NYT: Court May End Ban On Corporate Spending In Presidential Races

The New York Times | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Law, Mccain-Feingold, Presidential Campaign, Presidential Race, Supreme Court, Corporate, Transparency, Politics News

With a little-noticed order last week, we fear the Supreme Court has set the stage for dismantling the longstanding ban on corporate spending in elect...

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DNC And RNC Join Forces Over Campaign Finance Law

CNN | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dnc, John McCain, Rnc Dnc, Rnc, John McCain Campaign Finance, Mccain Campaign Finance Reform, McCain Feingold, Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, Politics News

The Democratic National Committee is backing a piece of trademark legislation championed by former GOP presidential nominee Sen. John McCain -- asking...

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Feingold Still Likes McCain: "He's An Independent"

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Russ Feingold, McCain Feingold, Mccain Independent, Feingold Praising Mccain, McCain Democrats, Feingold Praises Mccain, Mccain Democratic Senators, John McCain, McCain Maverick, Politics News

If Republican John McCain needs someone to vouch for his independence, he could easily do worse than Senate colleague Russ Feingold of Wisconsin, a li...

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The Swiftboaters Are Back: GOP Funds Group With Finance Law Loophole

Talking Points Memo | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Swiftboat, John McCain, Obama Swiftboat, Swiftboating, Mccain Swiftboaters, McCain Swift Boat, McCain Feingold, Swiftboat Veterans, John McCain Swiftboaters, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, John Mccain Swift Boat, Politics News

The "Swift Boaters" from 2004 are back at it. A group of top Republican contributors who financially fueled the famous "Swift Boat" campaign ads that...

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Core of McCain-Feingold Untouched

Sen. Russ Feingold | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Russ Feingold, John McCain, Campaign Finance Reform, Soft Money, Mccain-Feingold, Campaign Finance, Politics News
Sen. Russ Feingold

Today's decision on the millionaire's amendment left the core of the McCain-Feingold law intact, and that's good news for everyone who cares about stamping out corruption in government.

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Sam Stein

Author Of McCain-Feingold: Obama Smart To Opt Out Of Public Funds

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: McCain Feingold, Obama Public Financing, Obama Financing, McCain Public Funds, Obama Opts Out, Public Financing, Barack Obama, Obama Campaign Finance, Politics News

One of the principal authors of the most significant campaign finance legislation since Watergate said he was neither "outraged" nor "surprised" with ...

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McCain Financing Structure With RNC Skirts Intention Of Public Finance

Huffington Post | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mccain Public Financing, Mccain-Feingold, National Republican Committee, McCain Victory 08, John McCain Public Finance, McCain Feingold, McCain NRC, Mccain Public Finance, John McCain Public Financing, Politics News

The media has been abuzz over speculation that John McCain will accept public financing in the general election. The attention has overshadowed a new...

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NYT: Why Won't "Reformer" McCain Release His Tax Returns?

NY Times | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Republican Primary, McCain Tax Returns, John McCain, McCain Frontrunner, 2008 Election, McCain Ethics, Mccain-Feingold, Politics News

As the presidential campaign narrows and its costs skyrocket, detailed disclosure of financial resources becomes ever more important. Of the leading c...

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