Posts Tagged ‘Citizen’s United’

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Ohio’s Sherrod Brown Stands With You

on September 21st, 2012 at 12:11 am

Ohio’s Sherrod Brown is one of the strongest voices for the American worker in the U.S. Senate. He takes on the powerful monied interests that are more interested in profits than helping the middle class, more interested in shipping jobs overseas than supporting local communities, and more interested in buying politicians who’ll do their bidding […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Justice Anthony Kennedy is Confirmed… As Your Standard Republican Ideologue

on June 28th, 2012 at 5:44 pm

I know it’s naive to think that giving someone a lifetime appointment will somehow give a judge the ability to transcend partisanship and decide cases based only on the law, but somehow I held out hope that Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy would rise above the ideological and political battlefield and decide the Affordable Care […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Will Anthony Kennedy Go Down as the Worst Supreme Court Justice in Modern Times?

on June 19th, 2012 at 4:09 pm

While most would think that the distinction of worst recent Supreme Court justice would go to Antonin Scalia or Clarence Thomas, two men who read every court case through an ideological lens, Anthony Kennedy might just be the actual winner. Why? Because Kennedy’s votes actually matter. He is the swing vote on the divided nine-person […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Voters Lose, Advertising Wins Big

on June 6th, 2012 at 11:00 am

Two examples; The Scott Walker Recall in Wisconsin: Over $50 million was spent trying to keep the highly unpopular Republican governor in office. Most of it was used for negative television ads against Walker’s opponent. Most of it came from out of state.   As Glenn Thrush at Politico writes, “Cash doesn’t talk in 2012, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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