How Citizens United Twisted Decades of Legal Precedent to Empower Corporations How Citizens United Twisted Decades of Legal Precedent to Empower Corporations
The overwhelming number of Supreme Court cases cited by Justice Anthony Kennedy in his decision were intended to protect the unique First Amendment rights of media outlets, not all...
Jul 30, 2010 / Mel Wulf
Citizens Unite Against ‘Citizens United’ Citizens Unite Against ‘Citizens United’
MoveOn.org is leading a coalition of advocacy groups to overturn the Supreme Court decision.
Jul 29, 2010 / Feature / Ari Berman
Wall Street Not Giving to Dems: Good Riddance Wall Street Not Giving to Dems: Good Riddance
Isn't it time legislators focus on diminishing the strings-attached purchasing power of corporate campaign contributions?
Jul 8, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Money Primary The Money Primary
In recent primaries, winners clinched nominations by spending big.
Jun 9, 2010 / John Nichols
Republican Justice(s) Republican Justice(s)
Citizens United and Bush v. Gore don't stand alone. A decade worth of Supreme Court decisions has tiled the electoral playing field toward the Republicans.
May 21, 2010 / Herman Schwartz
Judging Elena Kagan Judging Elena Kagan
Obama's Supreme Court nominee should be "borked."
May 13, 2010 / The Editors
How to Turn Congess, Inc., Back to Just Congress How to Turn Congess, Inc., Back to Just Congress
The biggest political scandal of our age is the pay-to-play system that buys up Congress, pollutes our political system with special-interest cash and deep-sixes the kind of bold ...
May 11, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Noted. Noted.
Morton Mintz on what Rehnquist would have thought of Citizens United; John Nichols on net neutrality.
Feb 4, 2010 / The Editors
How to Get Our Democracy Back How to Get Our Democracy Back
There will be no change until we change Congress.
Feb 3, 2010 / Feature / Lawrence Lessig
Corpus Ex Machina Corpus Ex Machina
Citizens United raises the questions: why is speech the functional equivalent of money, and why are corporations considered persons?
Jan 28, 2010 / Column / Patricia J. Williams