While the Democratic House primaries have gotten more attention, overlapping situational expenditures have boosted all three main contenders.
Dick Durbin
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Durbin Must Enforce His SCOTUS Investigation Subpoenas
The Court’s own precedents show that its corruption scandals are exactly why Congress has subpoena power.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Democrats Struggle to Face the Illegitimate Court System
A few Democratic members of Congress understand what needs to be done. More should join them.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Potential U.S. Attorney Nominee Has Demonstrated Disregard for Constitutional Rights
If Keva Landrum were chosen, it would serve as yet another example of the Biden administration betraying its promises to reform the criminal legal system.
Posted inPolitics
A Democratic Judicial Makeover Depends on Blue Slips
Will Senate Democrats let Republicans use an arcane Senate ‘tradition’ to block Biden’s judicial nominees?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
A Conversation with Dick Durbin
The senator from Illinois on emoluments, impeachment, and whether Trump has violated the oath of office.
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Durbin Hits Back At King On Muslim Hearings
New York Rep. Peter King attacked Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin over his decision to hold a hearing on the civil rights of the Muslim community today: “This just perpetuates the myth that somehow Muslims are the victim of September 11,” Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., told Fox News. But Durbin, D-Ill., said he called the hearing […]
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Durbin’s Bid to End Sentencing Disparity.
Adam Serwer argues for ending the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine: The sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine is a national disgrace. Both President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder have called for it to be ended, and prominent Republicans like Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions and Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn have […]
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Durbin’s Bid to End Sentencing Disparity
Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee will consider Sen. Dick Durbin’s proposal to eliminate the 20-year-old sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine.
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DON’T BLAME DICK DURBIN.
Yesterday POLITICO published a piece about how Dick Durbin is supposedly having a tough year, based on the failure of the cramdown legislation and the fact that, in the brief period after Roland Burris was a U.S. senator and before the public knew about his involvement in Blagogate, Durbin was friendly with the other senator […]
