At least 30 states this year have considered or passed laws that would impose new voting restrictions, as the trend of curbing access to the ballot box that culminated in long lines and breakdowns at polling places during the 2012 election continues unabated. Lawmakers in states across the country, most of them Republicans, appear tone [...]
Skeletal remains of the system of federal laws that regulate political contributions could be further weakened in another landmark case three years after the historic Citizens United decision opened the gateway for record election spending and unprecedented secrecy for wealthy donors. The Supreme Court agreed last month to hear a case that challenges federal limits on [...]
What is considered by many to be the pinnacle of American democracy may be facing its greatest threat since the rampant discrimination of the 20th century that led to the creation of the protective legislation now questioned by the conservative majority that controls the highest court in the nation. Forged in the darkest days of [...]
IS “HOMOSEXUALITY” REALLY COMPARABLE TO “MURDER”? This is the logically strained case made by one of the men who will likely decide the fate of the marriage equality movement in America. The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear two cases directly relating to same-sex marriage rights; the Defense of Marriage Act and California’s [...]
The frenetic pace in which big money is pouring into this year’s presidential and congressional campaigns is steadily increasing with less than two months until Election Day after already setting new records. Both sides are relying on a limited number of wealthy donors like never before to bankroll a torrent of advertising backing Barack Obama [...]
LIBERALS, DON’T GET TOO ENTHRALLED BY THE “ROBERTS COURT” IN THE WAKE OF ITS RULING ON OBAMACARE. (Reader Supported News) Bill Blum issues this warning, noting that the upholding of “Obamacare” in last week’s decision may have been a victory of sorts for health care “coverage” since it sustained the “individual mandate” on grounds that [...]
` THE END OF EURO AUSTERITY: NEW FRENCH GOVERNMENT ORDERS UP HIGHER TAXES ON THE RICH AND POWERFUL (Business Week) ` The program of mass fiscal austerity imposed by Germany and Eurozone financial leaders on European nations struggling through the continent’s crippling debt crisis and recession appears to be dead, with policy changes from the new French government taking aim at the core [...]
President Obama won what some observers claim is a significant victory when the Supreme Court narrowly ruled that the Affordable Care Act — “Obamacare” — his signature legislation that expands health insurance coverage, was constitutional and could be implemented by the federal government. Democratic supporters of the president rejoiced at the ruling while Republicans denounced [...]
OBAMA CARE LIVES! (BUT FOR HOW LONG?). (Yahoo News) The Supreme Court delivers its long-awaited verdict on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. In a 5-4 decision, conservative Chief Justice Roberts joins the “liberal” members of the Court in upholding virtually all of the law, including the controversial “individual mandate” to require everyone to [...]
` SUPREME COURT REAFFIRMS “CITIZENS UNITED” RULING BY REMINDING MONTANA THAT “CORPORATIONS ARE PEOPLE, TOO.” (The Nation) ` Lost in the excitement over the ruling the gutted three-quarters of Arizona’s controversial immigration law was the Supreme Court’s resounding 5-4 decision to strike down the state of Montana’s ban on corporate contributions in state and local elections. Montana’s regulations had [...]
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