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Could the Supreme Court Re-Legalize Discrimination?
The signals coming out of the conservative branch of the US Supreme Court should give Americans pause.

Vulture Funds: Religious SCOTUS Filing on Argentina’s Behalf
Jubilee USA Network, a religious anti-poverty coalition, along with 78 other religious and development groups filed with the US Supreme Court in the case between Argentina and NML Capital.

What Media Should Know About Hobby Lobby and the Fight for Contraceptive Access
Hobby Lobby, a secular, for-profit corporation, plans to wrongly argue before the Supreme Court today that emergency contraception, a form of preventive service like birth control that all health …

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William Rivers Pitt | In Memory of Bartcop: Seedcorn, Pioneer, Patriot
Coppage was, in his way, the Charlie Parker of liberal bloggers. Every saxophone player who followed Parker was blowing notes Bird had already blown better.

Why Montana’s “Citizens United” Loss at the Supreme Court Was Avoidable
The humiliating summary reversal suffered by Montana in the US Supreme Court over its restrictions on campaign contributions could have been avoided, according to two attorneys who filed amicus …

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In the Midst of an Investigation, Wisconsin GOP Fast-Tracks “Dark Money” Bill
A proposed bill that would keep the public in the dark about the sources of money in Wisconsin elections could also make it easier for dark money groups to …

Politics: Another Way To Waste Shareholder Money
In the wake of Citizens United, there is plenty of discussion of how campaign finance law might be changed to limit political participation by corporations.

Voting Rights Advocates Try To Put Oversight Back on the Map
In June, the US Supreme Court ruled that states and local governments with a history of discrimination no longer needed to submit new voting laws for federal approval.

Silencing Whistleblowers Obama-Style: Supreme Court Edition?
That our current government has been willing to fight for more than seven years - maybe all the way to the Supreme Court - to weaken legal whistleblowing protections …

Report Debunks US Chamber of Commerce Myths
Private securities lawsuits are a necessary tool in preventing fraud and protecting investors, according to a new report released today by Public Citizenu2019s Chamber Watch program.