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Obama's Unwise Appeal to the Supreme Court

September 29, 2011

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Citizens Rise Up Against "Citizens United" »

By Matthew Rothschild, September 23, 2011

In cities and counties and states across the country, people are voting to eliminate corporate personhood.read more

Supreme Court Puts Another Nail in the Coffin of Fair Elections »

By Matthew Rothschild, June 27, 2011

It’s hard to figure out how leveling the playing field and letting more candidates compete actually “inhibits debate,” but this Court is perfectly capable of saying two plus two equals five.read more

Case will decide fate of Fourth Amendment »

By Suruchi Mohan, March 8, 2011

On March 2, the U.S. Supreme Court heard Ashcroft v. al-Kidd. It seems, once again, prosecutors will get a free pass.read more

Vast Majority Wants to Amend the Constitution to Overturn Corporate Personhood! »

By Matthew Rothschild, January 29, 2011

Even 68% of Republicans support the passage of an amendment that would “make clear that corporations do not have the same rights as people.”read more

We shouldn’t get over Bush v. Gore, ten years after »

By Brian Gilmore, December 7, 2010

Dec. 12 marks the tenth anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s infamous Bush v. Gore decision.read more

We need to hold prosecutors accountable »

By Suruchi Mohan, October 17, 2010

Accountability is what distinguishes us from totalitarian regimes. If a government of, by, for the people is to retain meaning, our nation’s prosecutors must be subject to the rule of law.read more

Feingold Slams Supreme Court over "Citizens United," Implies Roberts and Alito Lied Under Oath »

By Matthew Rothschild, September 17, 2010

"These people who pledged to follow precedent overturned a law signed by Teddy Roosevelt in 1907."read more

'Vapid and Hollow' Hearings Working for Kagan »

By Ruth Conniff, June 29, 2010

Kagan comes off as a company woman, not given to confrontation or disquietingly ideological views.read more

Kagan’s clerkship with Thurgood Marshall a huge asset »

By Brian Gilmore, June 29, 2010

Even the late William Rehnquist, a solidly conservative Supreme Court chief justice, acknowledged Marshall’s impact on the nation’s laws when he noted years ago that Marshall rewrote the “American constitutional landscape.”read more

Elena Kagan, Triumph of the Bland »

By Ruth Conniff, May 11, 2010

Obama and Kagan believe in fighting fire with blandness. But the Court, and the country, could benefit from a clear progressive voice.read more

The Disappointing Kagan Pick »

By Matthew Rothschild, May 11, 2010

On the crucial issue of the Executive’s right to hold a detainee without due process, Elena Kagan is to the right of Anthony Kennedy!read more

Justice Stevens’s Retirement a Grievous Loss »

By Matthew Rothschild, April 9, 2010

It’s a terrible blow since this moderate Republican became such a stalwart defender of individual rights, on issue after issue.read more

Judicial Fabricators »

By Jim Hightower, April 2010 issue

Five unelected guys in black robes have subverted our sovereignty.read more

Amend the Constitution to overturn Supreme Court Ruling

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