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What We’re Reading Today: Struck by Lightning

A daily round-up of quick hits, clips, and opinion pieces touching on key issues of democracy, justice, liberty and national security.

  • Erik Opsal
September 19, 2011

What We’re Reading: a daily round-up of quick hits, clips, and opinion pieces touching on key issues of democracy, justice, liberty and national security.

Brennan Center Counsel Mimi Marziani writes for Salon to urge Super Committee members to commit to transparency.

Politico reports on a letter sent to the Super Committee by the Brennan Center and other reform groups, and on the influence campaign bundlers may have on the committee.

Rolling Stone's Ari Berman speaks to NPR about the war on voting, citing a Brennan Center study.

Adam Serwer writes about NYPD intelligence tactics, which the AP first reported last month. The CIA has since launched an internal investigation, “but what about the NYPD?”

The New York Times' Adam Liptak on the unintended consequence of Citizens United — disclosure laws are now unequivocally constitutional.

How will last week’s special election in New York affect the redistricting process?