Citizens United
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Aug21
Clips round up for 8/21/2012
First off, that "FBI is investigating congressman for skinny dipping in the Sea of Galilee" story? Yeah, it wasn't about skinny-dipping--it's about the ongoing investigation into Congressman Michael Grimm.
And yesterday was FEC day for presidential campaigns and many PACs. Here's a rundown of the top stories:
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Jul25
Sen. Tom Udall: "Americans’ right to speech is now determined by their net worth.”
By: Kurt Walters
On Tuesday, a subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing called “Taking Back Our Democracy” that looked at ways to respond to the stranglehold that special interests hold over our political process, especially after the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision.
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Jun26
Demos VP & Public Campaign Board Member Heather McGhee Discusses Montana Case on MSNBC
Demos' Vice President of Policy & Outreach Heather McGhee, who serves on the Public Campaign Board of Directors, appeared on MSNBC's "Now With Alex Witt" and discussed yesterday's Supreme Court ruling in American Tradition Partnership v. Bullock, which sought to maintain Montana's 100 year old ban on corporate campaign giving.
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Jun25
ROUND UP UPDATED: What People Are Saying After Court's Latest Big Money Ruling
Earlier this year, the Montana Supreme Court upheld the state’s century-old Corrupt Practices Act that banned direct expenditures in elections for state offices. In the Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision, justices argued that because outside expenditures were independent, they could not be corrupting. Montana’s Attorney General, and the Montana Supreme Court, disagreed citing the state’s own history of corruption. Today, in the American Tradition Partnership, Inc. v. Bullock ruling, the Court overturned state's Supreme Court ruling.
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May31
Justice Stevens: Cracks already showing in Supreme Court’s Citizens United doctrine
Just one day after receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his tenure on the Supreme Court – the third longest ever – Justice John Paul Stevens described new evidence of cracks forming in the “Citizens United doctrine” amongst the very same justices who were behind that decision.
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May29
Supreme Court Set to Consider Montana Campaign Finance Case
Scotusblog reports that the U.S. Supreme Court will take up the American Tradition Partnership, et al., v. Bullock case on June 14th.
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May25
Clips round up for 5/25/2012
What are you doing over the holiday weekend? Sens. Mike Enzi and Jeff Sessions will head to the Casa Marina resort in Key Largo for a fundraiser. Me, I'll be at a wedding in West Virginia. Clips will resume Tuesday morning.
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May21
Pelosi Commits to Campaign Finance Reform on ABC's "This Week"
This Sunday, May 20, 2012, Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif. 23) sat down with George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s “This Week” and reaffirmed her commitment to campaign finance reform.
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May14
Clips Round-up for 5/14/12
A handful of national good government organizations, including Public Campaign, have been calling on Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy to sign HB 5565, a "disclosure on steroids" bill that would bring much needed transparency to the political process. It'd be a big win. And in the post-Citizens United political world, would help to maintain the integrity of the state's popular public financing program.
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May07
The Bank of America Political Spending We Know About
Bank of America shareholders will vote at their annual meeting this week on two proposals to limit or disclose political spending by the behemoth bank. After the Supreme Court’s disastrous decision in Citizens United v.