McComish v. Bennett
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Jun30
Barriers to Justice and Accountability: How the Supreme Court's Recent Rulings Will Affect Corporate Behavior
Public Campaign attended a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing yesterday morning: “Barriers to Justice and Accountability: How the Supreme Court's Recent Rulings Will Affect Corporate Behavior.” The hearing was scheduled in response to the distinct pattern of pro-corporate rulings issued by the U.S. Supreme Court, particularly the Wal-Mart sex discrimination class action suit that wasn’t allowed to proceed.
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Jun30
Clips Round-up for 6/30/11
Fair Elections/Campaign Finance
Where Campaign Finance Needs to Go Now
Public Campaign Action Fund Board Member Zephyr Teachout discusses the implications of the McComish case and the importance of small dollar matching funds going forward.
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Jun29
Editorial Coverage of the McComish v. Bennett Supreme Court Decision
Newspapers from all over the country have been opining on Monday's Supreme Court decision in McComish v. Bennett that struck down one provision of some existing Clean Elections systems, while upholding the constitutionality of public financing programs in general.
Here's a round up of editorials so far:
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Jun29
Clips Round-up for 6/29/11
McComish/Campaign Finance/EtcJun28Clips Round-up for 6/28/11
Other McComish stories:As you know, the Supreme Court released its decision yesterday throwing out the trigger fund provision of the Arizona Clean Elections Act. We have compiled a fairly extensive list of statements from organizations, elected officials, news, and other reactions to the decision. We'll continue to update it: http://publicampaign.org/mccomishnews.
- Arizona
- campaign finance
- Clips
- Common Cause
- Connecticut
- Fair Elections Now Act
- florida
- gop
- Harry Reid
- Koch Brothers
- maine
- maine clean elections
- matching funds
- McComish v. Bennett
- Nancy Pelosi
- New Jersey
- north carolina
- PACs
- President Obama
- public campaign
- Rod Blagojevich
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Wall Street
Jun27McComish Decision: What People are Saying
Here's a round up what influential people are saying today after the U.S. Supreme Court issued it's ruling in McComish v. Bennett.
And click here for a full round up McComish related news stories, statements, and press releases.
Jun27Supreme Court Rules in McComish v. Bennett, Foundation of Public Financing Intact
The U.S. Supreme Court just issued it's ruling in McComish v. Bennett, striking down the matching funds provisions prevalent in some public financing programs around the country.
The Court did, however, keep the foundation of public financing laws intact.
Check out our ongoing coverage of the decision at http://www.publicampaign.org/mccomishnews.