When we look at everything we want from government: better education, universal healthcare, common sense gun laws, etc., we see immediately why all these items are out of our reach; Big Money is interfering with our lawmaking processes. The most …
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Ending Citizens United
It’s good to see that the U.S. legislative world hasn’t forgotten about overturning, preferably via a Constitutional Amendment, the Supreme Court decision FEC v. Citizens United, that granted corporations free speech protection to donate as much as they want to …
John Paul Stevens, Citizens United, and Foreign Money in U.S. Elections
We’ve discussed the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 decision “Citizens United” a great deal here, but it’s hard to overstate the damage this landmark case has already had on our law-making processes and the overall quality of any democracy to which …
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Citizens United Is Guiding America’s MegaTrends
While low marginal income tax rates are part of the issue, I believe the bulk of the problem is corruption in the larger sense of the word.
Citizens United: Buh-Bye!
As I wrote yesterday, Obama is not checking out of here without making some extremely important reforms before he goes, and he seems to be picking up the pace as the time for his departure from office nears. Here he’s …
Citizens United Soon To Be Overturned and the US Republic Returned to the People
It’s so easy to be cynical about the prospects for justice in the world. Even here in the U.S., the land of the free and the home of the brave, our big corporations have taken near-complete control of our law-making …
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Say So Long To Citizens United
From an email I just got, sent with the pic you see at the left: one of the billionaire Koch Brothers admitted on television last night that they want something in return for the millions they’re spending to elect Republicans …
Citizens United Is On Its Way Out
“If there was one decision I would overrule, it would be Citizens United. I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.” ~ Ruth …
Saying Goodbye to Citizens United
What a great time to be alive. Just when the world’s people needed a reminder that their viewpoints still matter, it appears that we’re about to see this play itself out. In particular, the people of the United States (often …
America Is Exorcising Itself of “Citizens United”
My recent post: The Social Contract and the U.S. Government makes the point that the American people are in the process of putting a spear through the U.S. Supreme Court decision “Citizens United.” A reader responds: Hi Craig. When you look …
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