The Supreme Court on Thursday upended a century's worth of campaign finance law. An immediate question raised by the Citizens United decision is whether this will flood elections with suddenly legal corporate money. Less understood but deeply significant is what this shows about the court and its relationship to the Obama administration and Congress.
The President makes a practical, powerful (and brief) statement on money in politics in the wake of the Supreme Court decision on Citizens United v. FEC.
This decision by the Supreme Court may well dwarf in impact the results of Tuesday’s election in Massachusetts. It is breathtaking in its scope: it overturns doctrine dating back a century and laws upheld in 1990, that banned corporate managers from directly spending shareholder money in elections.
New York's broken system needs some basic mending before they get down to polishing the bills. The needs for ethics and campaign finance reform are immediate.
Corporations are pitching a bizarre product -- a radical vision of the 1st Amendment. It would give corporations rather than voters a central role in our electoral process by treating corporate political spending as protected speech. If this vision becomes reality, businesses and other big-money players will spend billions either hyping their preferred candidates or running attack ads against elected officials who don't support their preferred agenda.
The U.S. Government has held student Syed Hashmi for nearly 4 years without trial in New York City. Ms. Berman talks about the case on the Leonard Lopate Show on WNYC.
The Brennan Center's Ciara Torres-Spelliscy appears on WBAI Radio's evening news to discuss the NY Governor Paterson's new ethics reform and campaign finance reform proposals.
For decades, the government has used the "state secrets privilege" to block the use of evidence in litigation where revealing the evidence could harm national security. Under former President George W. Bush, the privilege was transformed into a weapon to shut down lawsuits challenging illegal or embarrassing government activity. President Barack Obama promised major changes.
Community Oriented Defender Network | Winter 2010 Update
Update from the Community Oriented Defender Network on recent and upcoming activities.
Campaign finance ruling reflects Supreme Court's growing audacity
The Supreme Court on Thursday upended a century's worth of campaign finance law. An immediate question raised by the Citizens United decision is whether this will flood elections with suddenly legal corporate money. Less understood but deeply significant is what this shows about the court and its relationship to the Obama administration and Congress.
President Obama on the Supreme Court's decision on Citizens United
The President makes a practical, powerful (and brief) statement on money in politics in the wake of the Supreme Court decision on Citizens United v. FEC.
Bigger Than Bush v. Gore
This decision by the Supreme Court may well dwarf in impact the results of Tuesday’s election in Massachusetts. It is breathtaking in its scope: it overturns doctrine dating back a century and laws upheld in 1990, that banned corporate managers from directly spending shareholder money in elections.
State lawmakers' first step must be basic reform
New York's broken system needs some basic mending before they get down to polishing the bills. The needs for ethics and campaign finance reform are immediate.
It Isn’t Complicated: Restore the Vote to 300,000 Americans
A call to Governor Tim Kaine to use the last few days in his tenure to restore to a huge number of citizens their right to vote.
Giving corporations an outsized voice in elections
Corporations are pitching a bizarre product -- a radical vision of the 1st Amendment. It would give corporations rather than voters a central role in our electoral process by treating corporate political spending as protected speech. If this vision becomes reality, businesses and other big-money players will spend billions either hyping their preferred candidates or running attack ads against elected officials who don't support their preferred agenda.
Emily Berman on the Hashmi case and SAMS, on WNYC Public Radio
The U.S. Government has held student Syed Hashmi for nearly 4 years without trial in New York City. Ms. Berman talks about the case on the Leonard Lopate Show on WNYC.
WBAI Radio | Ciara Torres-Spelliscy on NY's Campaign Finance Reform Proposal
The Brennan Center's Ciara Torres-Spelliscy appears on WBAI Radio's evening news to discuss the NY Governor Paterson's new ethics reform and campaign finance reform proposals.
Congress Must Stop Abuses of Secrets Privilege
For decades, the government has used the "state secrets privilege" to block the use of evidence in litigation where revealing the evidence could harm national security. Under former President George W. Bush, the privilege was transformed into a weapon to shut down lawsuits challenging illegal or embarrassing government activity. President Barack Obama promised major changes.
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