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Judge Allows Organizations Representing Voters to Defend Law Ending Prison-Based Gerrymandering

A New York Supreme Court judge has cleared the way for civil rights organizations representing fifteen voters from across New York State to join the Attorney General in defending New York’s law ending “prison-based gerrymandering,” a practice that had distorted representation across New York State.

August 11, 2011
Redistricting
Brennan Center Endorses ABA Judicial Disqualification Resolution

The American Bar Association’s House of Delegates is expected to vote today on a resolution calling on states to adopt new rules for judicial disqualification. Brennan Center Senior Counsel Adam Skaggs released the following statement in support of the resolution.

August 8, 2011
Fair Courts
Victory for New York State: Comptroller Public Financing Bill Passes Assembly

After the New York State Assembly passed a bill to create a voluntary public financing system for New York State’s Comptroller’s race, the Brennan Center released a statement praising the vote and urging the Senate to pass the bill.

June 21, 2011
Money in Politics
Public Financing
New York Public Financing
New York Reform
Citing Unique Role of Judges, Groups Urge Court to Uphold Public Finance Law

Declaring that judges play a unique role in our governmental system, two nonpartisan national reform groups urged a federal appeals court today to uphold Wisconsin’s Impartial Justice Act, which provides for public financing of state Supreme Court elections.

June 17, 2011
Fair Courts
Money in Politics
Public Financing
Comptroller Public Financing Bill: A Good Start for New York State

The Brennan Center released a statement in support of the proposed bill to create a voluntary public financing system for New York State's Comptroller's race, saying it is a good start and should be extended to New York's other statewide and legislative elections.

June 15, 2011
Money in Politics
Public Financing
New York Public Financing
New York Reform
2 Years After Landmark Ethics Case, Courts Lag on Campaign-Cash Rules

Nearly two years after the Supreme Court’s Caperton v. Massey ruling on the influence of special-interest cash in the courtroom, most states have failed to adopt any reforms responding to threats identified in the landmark decision, the Brennan Center for Justice and Justice at Stake Campaign said today.

June 6, 2011
Fair Courts
New York State Leaders Reach Three-Way Ethics Reform Agreement

The Brennan Center for Justice hailed the agreement announced today by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders on overhauling ethics oversight and enforcement in Albany as a long-awaited first step to reforming state government.

June 3, 2011
New York Reform
Civil Rights Organizations File Motion to Defend Law Ending Prison-Based Gerrymandering

Today, top civil rights organizations filed a motion in New York Supreme Court asking to intervene to help defend New York’s new law allocating people in prison to their home communities for redistricting and reapportionment.

May 17, 2011
New York Reform
Redistricting
Voting Rights & Elections
Brennan Center Supports Prison Redistricting Law

The Brennan Center for Justice issued the following statement reacting to a lawsuit filed by State Senator Elizabeth O’Connor Little and other plaintiffs challenging New York’s landmark law allocating people in prison to their home communities for redistricting purposes.

April 7, 2011
Redistricting
Final Numbers: Special Interest Spending Near $3.6 Million in Wisconsin

A recount looms in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, but one thing is official — special interest groups set a new record, spending just under $3.6 million on television ads in the election, topping the previous record in Wisconsin of $3.38 million set in 2008.

April 6, 2011
Fair Courts

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Press Releases

Judge Allows Organizations Representing Voters to Defend Law Ending Prison-Based Gerrymandering

Brennan Center Endorses ABA Judicial Disqualification Resolution

Victory for New York State: Comptroller Public Financing Bill Passes Assembly

Citing Unique Role of Judges, Groups Urge Court to Uphold Public Finance Law

Comptroller Public Financing Bill: A Good Start for New York State

2 Years After Landmark Ethics Case, Courts Lag on Campaign-Cash Rules

New York State Leaders Reach Three-Way Ethics Reform Agreement

Civil Rights Organizations File Motion to Defend Law Ending Prison-Based Gerrymandering

Brennan Center Supports Prison Redistricting Law

Final Numbers: Special Interest Spending Near $3.6 Million in Wisconsin

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