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Will Workers and Consumers Get Their Day in Court?
With a new high court majority, the era of mandatory arbitration could end.
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Charles Koch Bemoans Money in Politics But Lobbies Against Reform
The latest front in the Koch brothers’ perpetual public relations campaign (which recently included a feeble admission that climate change is real) found Charles Koch sitting down with ABC News for an exclusive interview. The conversation with Jonathan Karl that aired last Sunday cast Koch in the unlikely role of benevolent billionaire. The man who […]
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Does the First Amendment Justify Corruption?
Former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell’s Supreme Court corruption appeal will help decide whether the First Amendment protects average Americans or special interests.
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Watchdogs Sue Over FEC Inaction
Two watchdog groups have sued the Federal Election Commission for dismissing a string of complaints they lodged alleging that large donors used limited liability corporations to shield their identities-a violation of election laws that prohibit “straw” donations. The Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21 argue in their lawsuit that the agency’s dismissal of their complaints […]
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“One Person, One Vote” Battle Just Starting
Three scholars scrutinize Evenwel v. Abbott, a Supreme Court ruling with broad implications for both the future of voting rights and the direction of the Court.
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Did Cuomo Miss His Chance to Enact Ethics Reform?
Watchdogs worry that the state’s best chance at rooting out corruption has slipped away, yet again.
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Dark Money Was the Real Winner in Wisconsin
With the nation’s attention riveted by the Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz victories in Wisconsin’s presidential primary, an arguably far more important political battle came to a head as a state district judge tried to unseat Republican Governor Scott Walker’s hand-picked choice for the state Supreme Court. In a bid to shift the ideological makeup […]
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DOL Releases Bold New Retirement Investment Protections
Flanked by Democratic allies in Congress on Wednesday, Secretary of Labor Tom Perez unveiled the final version of the long-awaited fiduciary rule, which requires that, like doctors and lawyers, retirement account brokers must act in their clients’ best interest. “It really puts in place a fundamental principle of consumer protection into the American retirement marketplace, […]
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Right to Counsel for Louisiana’s Indigent Defendants Remains at Risk
Massive cuts to the state’s public-defender budget will only increase the number of low-level defendants awaiting legal representation in overcrowded jails.