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Lessig’s Maximalist Post-Citizens United Strategy Finds Broad Support In Polls
Lawrence Lessig, who thinks the recent Citizens United decision presents an opportunity to really fix the consuming problem of money in politics, has responded to critics who think that his...
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Bayh Advances Public Financing, Filibuster Reform
Yes, Evan Bayh’s morose, nostalgiac op-ed does induce eye-rolling frequently, and I’ve no quarrel with Mr. Bogg’s righteous lampooning. Anyone hearkening back to the glorious yesteryear of three days...
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CA-Init: Whitman’s Purchase of Governor’s Race Shows Need for Clean Money
You may know by now that Meg Whitman added $20 million more of her own money to her campaign war chest this week, bringing her personal stake in the California gubernatorial race to $59 million....
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CA-Init: Democratic Party Will Endorse Clean Money, Oppose Corporate-Backed...
Brian Leubitz of Calitics, a member of the state resolutions committee, reports: On the Props, the resolutions committee went the right way on all the props, and we’ll approve them. They supported Prop...
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Brewer: I Only Debated for the Money
Gov. Jan Brewer followed up her trainwreck debate performance with a vow never to debate again. The kicker is that this small-government conservative admitted that she only participated in the panel...
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Supreme Court Poised to Gut Public Financing Laws
It looks increasingly that the Supreme Court, having already delivered a severe blow to the system of campaign finance, will make that destruction complete by banning Arizona’s public financing system....
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Supreme Court Strikes Down Arizona Public Financing Law
The Supreme Court, reflecting their continuing unwinding of all campaign finance laws in America, today struck down a decades-old Arizona law that enables public financing for legislative elections....
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The Supreme Court: Hero to the Downtrodden Powerful
Ian Milhiser has done a great service with a review of the Supreme Court’s session, showing that the court under John Roberts has become a powerful champion of the big guy over the little guy, the...
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Congressional Progressive Caucus’ Budget for All Deserves as Much Scrutiny as...
As long as the news media devotes massive amounts of space to a fantasy budget, why can’t they turn their attention for just a minute to a more legitimate one? Sure, the Congressional Progressive...
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As Cuomo Sits Passively, Republicans Take Over New York State Senate Despite...
In an unusual power-sharing agreement that ought to be remembered should Andrew Cuomo ever try to run for President, Republicans and a group of “independent Democrats” will share control of the New...
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