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July 24, 2012 9:57 pm | By Paul Gordon
Who Would Be on the Romney Court?
The ABA Journal has an article on how the Supreme Court will essentially be on the ballot in the upcoming presidential election and mentioning some of those thought most likely to be nominated to the nation’s highest court by a…
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July 24, 2012 8:28 pm | By Dylan
Push for citizenship data goes viral
After granting Florida access to its Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database, the Department of Homeland Security has begun discussions with a growing number of states who’ve requested the same. State election chiefs, including Texas Secretary of State Esperanza…
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July 23, 2012 8:43 pm | By Josh Glasstetter
POLITICO: Supreme Court a Critical 2012 Issue
A POLITICO article out today reaffirms that the 2012 election is of “Supreme importance” to the future of the nation’s highest court. The piece takes note of the critical role the court will play in the upcoming elections and reminds…
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July 20, 2012 9:27 pm | By Sam
Young Elected Progressives Program Candidates
As we continue to reveal the 2012 endorsed candidates of PFAW’s Young Elected Progressives program, here are three more great individuals, 35 or younger, running for office: Andrew Gounardes (NY), Micah Z. Kellner (NY) and Tim Keller (NM). Andrew Gounardes…
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July 20, 2012 9:06 pm | By Amelia
Termination of evening and weekend voting sparks outrage in Ohio
Voting rights advocates in Ohio are outraged as Secretary of State John Husted has decided to end the evening and weekend voting in Cuyahoga County that have benefitted voters there in four of the past five years. He broke a tie vote…
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July 20, 2012 3:31 pm | By Amelia
UPDATE: Good news for voting rights in Connecticut
UPDATE: Governor Dannel Malloy of Connecticut signed HB 5024 on May 31. Governor Neil Abercrombie of Hawaii signed HB 1755 on July 5. The Right to Vote under Attack: The Campaign to Keep Millions of Americans from the Ballot Box,…
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July 19, 2012 8:49 pm | By Paul Gordon
Scalia Interview Reminds Us of the Stakes This November
Justice Antonin Scalia gave a TV interview last night on CNN in which he reminded Americans of his right-wing ideology. Since Mitt Romney has said he would nominate Supreme Court Justices like Scalia if elected president, the interview also served…
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July 19, 2012 4:28 pm | By Amelia
UPDATE: Voter ID likely off the table for Wisconsin recall
UPDATE: Judge David Flanagan made permanent his earlier injunction in the case brought by the Milwaukee NAACP and Voces de la Frontera, joining a permanent injunction issued by Judge Richard Niess in the League of Women Voters case. Now both…
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July 19, 2012 4:12 pm | By Sam
Young Elected Progressives Program
People For the American Way is dedicated to fighting for equal rights, freedom of speech, religious liberty and equal justice under the law for every American. One way we do that is by supporting great progressive candidates throughout the country…
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July 19, 2012 1:37 pm | By Dylan
Right-wing Florida officials win fight for citizenship data
The federal government has granted Governor Rick Scott and Secretary of State Ken Detzner access to the Department of Homeland Security’s Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database, further fanning the flame under their voter suppression fire. The move followed…
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July 18, 2012 4:40 pm | By Amelia
Step back for ex-offender voting rights in Florida
Florida Governor Rick Scott has reversed the policy of his predecessor, fellow Republican Charlie Crist, of automatically restoring suffrage to non-violent offenders who have completed their sentences. Iowa Governor Terry Branstad earlier reversed a similar policy in his state. Florida…
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July 18, 2012 4:00 am | By
Romney, the Senate GOP and the Right-Wing Secrecy Machine
The following originally appeared at Huffington Post. Yesterday, Senate Republicans voted, for a second time in two days, to continue their filibuster of the DISCLOSE Act, a bill that would simply require outside groups spending money on elections to tell the…
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July 17, 2012 11:08 pm | By Paul Gordon
Don’t Forget Who John Roberts Is
Add this to the good news/bad news mix from the Supreme Court's healthcare decision: Because of the good news (Chief Justice Roberts voted to uphold the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act), we get the bad news that his standing…
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July 17, 2012 9:54 pm | By Justin
Dirty Money Underwriting Pro-Romney Super PAC?
Although he voted to block the Senate from considering the DISCLOSE Act yesterday, Senator John McCain is usually a supporter of campaign finance reform. In an interview on PBS Newshour, McCain said that the astronomical contributions of Mitt Romney’s major…
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July 17, 2012 8:10 pm | By Amelia
UPDATE: Voter ID on trial in Texas
UPDATE: Attorneys for both sides gave closing arguments last Friday after a weeklong trial. Experts expect the ruling, which could come before November, will hinge on whether the defendants have successfully shown that the law has a disparate impact on…
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July 16, 2012 8:37 pm | By Justin
For DISCLOSE Before They Were Against It
The DISCLOSE 2012 Act is a simple and seemingly-unobjectionable proposal that would require outside groups spending money in elections to disclose their donors and help inform the American people as to who is trying to sway their votes. Yet the…
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July 16, 2012 7:25 pm | By Calvin Sloan
Obstruction to Election Spending Disclosure: Welcome to 2012 America
Today, Monday July 16th 2012, the U.S. Senate will vote on whether to end the filibuster of the DISCLOSE Act, and more likely than not, the effort to bring the popular bill to a final floor vote will fail. Yet…
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July 13, 2012 8:12 pm | By Josh Glasstetter
Another Company Dumps ALEC, the 26th in Recent Months to Cut Ties
The St. Louis based pharmacy benefits manager Express-Scripts told the Center for Media and Democracy today that it had terminated its relationship with ALEC. The move was confirmed by Express Scripts head of Communications David Whitrap. The disclosure comes at…
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July 13, 2012 4:55 pm | By Calvin SloanA Romney Supreme Court – The Dream of Corporate Special Interests
As the November election approaches, one thing is becoming outstandingly clear: we should all Fear the Romney Court. If elected president, it would be Mitt Romney who would nominate the next Supreme Court Justice for a lifetime term, the next…
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July 12, 2012 10:22 pm | By Omar
Representative Ellison Responds to Republican Islamophobia
Sharia law and the Muslim Brotherhood are coming! Clearly that idea is ridiculous. Not even Rep. Michelle Bachmann believes that. She believes they are already here! On June 13, Bachmann, along with fellow Republican congressmen Trent Franks, Louie Gohmert, Thomas…