CITIZENS UNITED V FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

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POLITICS
Citizens United Has Been A Disaster For The Country
By Fred Wertheimer, Contributor
President, Democracy 21
Floyd Abrams, who represented Senator Mitch McConnell in the Supreme Court in the Citizens United case, wrote an op-ed in
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POLITICS
As Mueller Probes Russian Facebook Ads, Our Elections Are Vulnerable And Congress Does Nothing
By Rep. Jim McGovern and Tiffany Muller, Contributors
It was only going to be a matter of time before we learned a Russian company with ties to the Kremlin bought political ads
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EDUCATION
Celebrating July Fourth Should Mean Questioning United States History
By Alan Singer, Contributor
Social studies educator, Hofstra University, my opinions, of c...
This is Part 2 of my July 4th Independence Day blog. Part 1 explored my approach to teaching American history and included
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POLITICS
Trump's Justice Department Memo May Be Bigger Than Citizens United
By Brian Ross, Contributor
Managing Editor, TheJazzChef.com, and pioneering ezine editor ...
Yesterday, as the news cycles were dying down, the Trump Justice Department (DOJ) dropped a bombshell brief which Bloomberg
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 09: U.S. President Donald Trump holds a joint news conference with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis in the Rose Garden at the White House June 9, 2017 in Washington, DC. According to news reports, Iohannis said the meetings agenda was supposed to include talks on economic investment and security issues related to Russia. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Degradation Of The Nation-State Concept
By John B. Alexander, Ph.D, Contributor
Retired senior military officer, and Los Alamos National Lab r...
The announcement of the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accords was a defining moment with implications far greater
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POLITICS
L.A.’s Ugly School Board Election Proves That Big Money Trumps All
By David Edward Burke, Contributor
President, www.citizenstakeaction.org
This is how democracy works in the post Citizens United era.
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POLITICS
Democrats Look To Close Conflict-Of-Interest Loophole Linked To Betsy DeVos
By Paul Blumenthal
New bill would require nominees to disclose "dark money" they've donated or solicited.
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POLITICS
The Power Of One
By OpenSecrets Blog, Contributor
Published by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics an...
Propelling the rise of environmental interests was the fact that Steyer contributed 85 percent of that interest group’s contributions
Protestors take part in the 'Tax March' to call on US President Donald Trump to release his tax records on April 15, 2017 in Washington, DC. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
How To Overcome The Power Of Big Money
By Bruce Berlin, Contributor
Author of Breaking Big Money's Grip on America: Working Togeth...
At this point, a massive, grassroots movement is the only viable way we, the people, can succeed in reviving our democracy.
NEWARK, NJ - APRIL 6: A man uses his mobile phone in front of a United Airlines plane at Newark Liberty Airport during a storm on April 6, 2017, in Newark NJ. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
The United Airlines Fiasco Denotes The End Of Democracy And The Rise Of Corporate America
By Robert Cox, Contributor
Robert is a therapist specializing in the treatment of Trauma,...
This is a clear and disturbing sign of the shift of power from the individual to the moneyed interests in this country.
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POLITICS
With Gorsuch Confirmed, Only An Amendment Can Overturn Citizens United
By David Edward Burke, Contributor
President, www.citizenstakeaction.org
Since the Supreme Court’s poorly reasoned and highly unpopular Citizens United v. FEC decision in 2010, more than a dozen
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POLITICS
Will Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee Stand Up To Him?
By Dorothy Samuels and Alicia Bannon, Contributors
On Tuesday night, President Trump will officially announce his nominee to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant by Justice
POLITICS
Your Government Won't Change... Unless You Do
By Jennifer Hoelzer, Contributor
Writer, ghostwriter, communications strategist and recovering ...
What’s wrong with government? I know, you think you know the answer, but I’m pretty sure you don’t. Because the problem isn’t
POLITICS
Unhappy Anniversary, Democracy... But Together We Can​ Fix You
By Sen. Tom Udall, Contributor
Contributor
Six years ago this week, the U.S. Supreme Court created a Wild West of campaign finance regulations. With their decision in Citizens United, five justices set the stage for a flood of secret special interest money trying to buy elections nationwide.
POLITICS
Ohio Should Send a Campaign Finance Reform Champion to the Senate
By Jessica Adair, Contributor
Director of Partnerships, Stand Up America
A recent poll showed that 78 percent of Americans -- Republicans, Democrats and Independents alike -- want to overturn Citizens United. This year, let's make sure that the 78 percent support candidates who will work for us. Let's support a candidate like Ted Strickland.
BOOKS
Money Talks
By Glenn C. Altschuler, Contributor
Thomas and Dorothy Litwin Professor of American Studies and De...
In Plutocrats United, Richard Hasen provides a careful and compelling analysis of the role of money in American politics and proposes a legal strategy to reform campaign financing to give all Americans a meaningful opportunity to participate in elections.
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