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September 11, 2013 6:58 pm | By Paul Gordon
GOP’s DC Circuit Obstruction Looks Even More Foolish Now
This morning, the Senate Judiciary Committee completed its three-part examination of President Obama's nominees to the D.C. Circuit by holding a hearing for Robert Wilkins. The Committee held its hearings for Patricia Millett and Cornelia "Nina" Pillard before the summer…
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September 10, 2013 10:49 pm | By Paul Gordon
Senate Hearing Held on Bill to Add New Judgeships
The Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Bankruptcy and the Courts, chaired by Senator Christopher Coons of Delaware, held a hearing this morning on the Federal Judgeship Act of 2013, a bill to add needed judgeships to the much-overworked federal courts.…
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September 10, 2013 9:35 pm | By Iris
Hawaii Governor Calls Special Session on Marriage Equality
On Monday Governor Neil Abercrombie of Hawaii called for a special legislative session, scheduled to begin October 28, to consider a marriage equality bill. Abercrombie told reporters that the bill is the product of twenty years of discussion: Every variation…
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September 10, 2013 4:55 pm | By admin
50 Years After I Marched on Washington, We Still Have to Give Our Sons ‘The Talk’
By Yolanda "Cookie" Parker I almost heard one of the most famous speeches in American history from a first aid tent on the National Mall. On August 28, 1963, when I was 17 years old, my older sister and I…
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September 10, 2013 4:12 pm | By Libby
Texas Voter ID Law Would Have Prevented Just Four Instances of Voter Fraud
We’re already well aware that the voter ID laws that have been passed in many states are designed not to prevent fraud but to deter certain groups of people from voting, as several Republicans have admitted in the past. But…
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September 9, 2013 6:38 pm | By Miranda Blue
Warren Warns of ‘Corporate Capture of Federal Courts’
At an AFL-CIO convention this weekend, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren called out the increasingly pro-corporate lean of the U.S. Supreme Court. Politico reports: On the opening day of the AFL-CIO’s convention, Warren — the highest-profile national Democrat to address the…
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September 6, 2013 8:57 pm | By Libby
Virginia Plans Massive, Faulty Purge of Voter Rolls
Between the Supreme Court’s decision to neuter Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act and the passage of one of the nation’s most restrictive voter ID bills in North Carolina, with many other states also passing bills to restrict voting…
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September 6, 2013 7:44 pm | By Libby
Corbett’s Mixed-Up Priorities, Marriage Equality Edition
Pennsylvania governor Tom Corbett is proving once again that his priorities are out of line with the rest of the state: He just hired lawyer William H. Lamb for $400 an hour to defend a 1996 law banning same-sex marriage…
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September 5, 2013 5:01 pm | By ScottAll Hands On Deck: Stop the NRA’s Colorado Senate Recall!
"Gun rights" extremists have taken the radical step of trying to recall two state senators simply for casting a vote they did not like. The NRA is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to unseat Senators John Morse of Colorado…
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September 4, 2013 7:33 pm | By Miranda Blue
Video: Meet The Nativists Trying to Stop Immigration Reform
Right Wing Watch reported this summer about the creation of the Black American Leadership Alliance (BALA), a new anti-immigrant group designed to appeal to African Americans, which is just the latest member of a closely knit circle of anti-immigrant groups…
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September 3, 2013 4:24 pm | By Miranda Blue
Study: Wave of Anti-Choice Laws Has Shut Down 1 in 10 Abortion Providers
In our recent report, “Chipping Away at Choice,” we examined the ways that conservatives in state legislatures are quietly undermining the right to choose by passing laws meant to shut down abortion providers. An analysis by Bloomberg BusinessWeek published today…
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August 30, 2013 9:02 pm | By Libby
Meaningless Talk, No Action from Corbett on Gay Marriage Brief
Yesterday, we brought you the story of the Corbett administration comparing gay marriage to marriage between 12-year-olds. Now, Governor Corbett is attempting to tamp down criticism without making any substantive changes to policy. A brief filed by his administration argued…
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August 30, 2013 8:36 pm | By Layne AmerikanerJames Crow, Jr., Esquire and the Moneyed Assault on Voting Rights
At the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington this Wednesday, Reverend Al Sharpton made the case that people of color are facing a new generation of Jim Crow-type laws. “Jim Crow had a son,” Sharpton said, a son who…
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August 29, 2013 9:00 pm | By Libby
Governor Corbett’s Condescending Anti-Marriage Argument
Pennsylvania governor Tom Corbett has been floundering recently, facing personnel problems and dire poll numbers. But his abysmal public approval ratings aren’t stopping the governor from charging full steam ahead on his extreme agenda. A brief filed by the Corbett…
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August 29, 2013 8:04 pm | By Layne Amerikaner
PFAW’s Money Out/Voters In Work Highlighted in CNN Article
Yesterday Ben Cohen (co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s) and Edward Erikson had a great op-ed at CNN.com connecting the student debt crisis with the broader issue of big money’s influence in our political system: But the education system isn't broken…
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August 29, 2013 6:22 pm | By Drew Courtney
Right Wing Watch Telebriefing on Anti-Immigration Activists
Last week, People For the American Way issued its latest Right Wing Watch: In Focus report on the stark choice presented to congressional Republicans: stand up for the comprehensive immigration reform supported by a strong majority of Americans, or stand…
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August 29, 2013 5:55 pm | By Calvin Sloan
DC Circuit Court Activist Toolkit
In June 2013, President Obama nominated three extremely well-qualified people to fill the three vacancies on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, a court that has been deemed “the second most important in the United States.” As the nominees -…
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August 29, 2013 3:44 pm | By Miranda Blue
Pat Robertson’s AIDS Ring Theory Makes Anderson Cooper’s RidicuList
Cross-posted from Right Wing Watch Pat Robertson’s theory that gay men in San Francisco intentionally infect other people with HIV/AIDS using special sharp rings earned Robertson a spot on Anderson Cooper’s RidicuList last night. Robertson made the comment on Tuesday’s…
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August 28, 2013 8:33 pm | By Libby
Cory Booker Hits Back At Lonegan’s Bizarre Attacks
This week, we’ve learned what issues Republican candidate Steve Lonegan considers most important in the New Jersey Senate race: that maybe Cory Booker could be gay, and that Steve Lonegan does not enjoy manicures, thank you very much. In a…
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August 28, 2013 4:31 pm | By Leslie Watson Wilson
Today I Am Inspired, Today I Am Hopeful
Today I am inspired, today I am hopeful. Not because we have won the fight that our Civil Rights leaders began. Not because we have created the world of which Dr. King dreamed. But because, 50 years later, we are…