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Local, State and National Leaders Applaud Introduction of Constitutional Amendments to Overturn Citizens United and Related Cases [1]
Today Senators Tom Udall [NM] and Jon Tester [MT] introduced amendment resolutions in the United States Senate that would overturn the Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United v. FEC (2010).  Leaders from state and national organizations...
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PFAW Applauds Proposed Constitutional Amendments to Reverse Citizens United [2]
WASHINGTON –Today two constitutional amendments aimed at undoing the harm caused by the Supreme Court in a series of cases, including Citizens United v. FEC – which held that corporations have the right to spend unlimited amounts of...
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Supreme Court Upholds Voting Rights in Arizona Proof-of-Citizenship Case [3]
The Supreme Court issued 7-2 ruling in favor of voting rights today, finding that a restrictive Arizona law requiring that voters show proof of citizenship when registering by mail is preempted by federal law. The court upheld Arizonans’ right...
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First Lesbian Latina Confirmed as Federal Judge [4]
Judge Nitza Quiñones Alejandro broke an important glass ceiling this week, becoming the first openly lesbian Latina confirmed to a federal judgeship.  The Senate confirmed her by voice vote to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern...
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Demand Answers from Judge Edith Jones [5]
Investigate reports of bias and racism from a federal judge.
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Why Senate Republican Claims About the D.C. Circuit Don’t Pass the Pinocchio Test [6]
Earlier this week President Obama nominated three unquestionably qualified candidates – appellate attorney Patricia Millet, former civil rights attorney Cornelia Pillard and D.C. District Court judge Robert Wilkins – to the D.C. Circuit...
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President Obama Blasts GOP Obstruction, Nominates Three to Influential Court [7]
Today, President Obama nominated three people – experienced appellate attorney Patricia Millet, Georgetown law professor and former civil rights attorney Cornelia “Nina” Pillard and D.C. District Court judge and former public...
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More Truthiness From Sen. Grassley on the Courts [8]
When the Senate unanimously confirmed Sri Srinivasan to the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit last month, Republicans patted themselves on the back for cooperating in a relatively efficient confirmation process. But, by any objective standard,...
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Tell the Senate: No More Obstruction; Fill the D.C. Circuit! [9]
BREAKING: President Obama Announces Nominees to Fill Critical Seats on D.C. Circuit. Tell the Senate to CONFIRM Cornelia Pillard, Patricia Ann Millet and Robert Leon Wilkins without delay.
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PFAW Applauds Nomination of Three to DC Circuit Court [10]
People For the American Way today applauded President Obama’s announcement that he would nominate Cornelia (Nina) Pillard, Patricia Ann Millett and Robert Leon Wilkins to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals. “Today’s announcement is...
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Attacks on Obama's D.C. Circuit Nominations Get More and More Absurd [11]
The New York Times reported this week that President Obama is planning to nominate three judges to fill long-vacant seats on the influential D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. This is hardly unheard of: every president since Jimmy Carter has placed...
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1000-Day Judicial Vacancy in Georgia [12]
Georgia's senators are keeping President Obama's 11th Circuit Court nominee from even having a committee hearing.
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Susan Collins’ D.C. Circuit Hypocrisy [13]
Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins signed on today as a cosponsor of a blatantly political bill meant to deny President Obama, unlike any of his predecessors, the ability to fill vacancies on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.   The D.C....
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Blockbuster Decisions Coming Soon from the Supreme Court . . .Will Conservative Justices Twist the Constitution to Subvert Equal Protection? [14]
MEMO TO: Reporters and Editors FROM: Jamie Raskin, Senior Fellow, People for the American Way Foundation DATE:  May 24, 2013 RE: Blockbuster Decisions Coming Soon from the Supreme Court . . .Will Conservative Justices Twist the...
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D.C. Circuit Vacancies: One Down, Three to Go [15]
Senate Republicans kept Sri Srinivasan from getting a committee hearing until ten months after his nomination, and even tried to filibuster him before allowing a unanimous vote to confirm him to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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PFAW Statement on Confirmation of Sri Srinivasan to D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals [16]
WASHINGTON --  People For the American Way Executive Vice President Marge Baker issued the following statement on the Senate’s unanimous confirmation of Sri Srinivasan to the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit: “We...
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McConnell Bobs and Weaves on Judicial Nominations [17]
McConnell tries & fails to justify filibuster of DC Circuit nominee Srinivasan, and throws a GOP-supported 10th Circuit nominee under the bus in the process.
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The Wall St. Journal's Bizarre Attack on Potential DC Circuit Nominations [18]
The Journal calls Obama a "king" for planning to make nominations to fill D.C. Circuit judgeships as Congress has mandated.
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New Nominees Highlight Growing Diversity on the Courts [19]
One of President Obama’s most important long-term achievements has been his concerted effort to bring qualified judicial nominees from a wide variety of backgrounds to the federal bench. 42 percent of President Obama’s confirmed judicial...
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GOP Obstruction of Judicial Nominees Continues [20]
Republicans have yet to allow votes on all the judicial nominees who were left pending on the floor at the end of the previous Congress.
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[1] http://www.pfaw.org/press-releases/2013/06/local-state-and-national-leaders-applaud-introduction-constitutional-amendmen
[2] http://www.pfaw.org/press-releases/2013/06/pfaw-applauds-proposed-constitutional-amendments-reverse-citizens-united
[3] http://blog.pfaw.org/content/supreme-court-upholds-voting-rights-arizona-proof-citizenship-case
[4] http://blog.pfaw.org/content/first-lesbian-latina-confirmed-federal-judge
[5] http://www.pfaw.org/take-action/demand-answers-judge-edith-jones
[6] http://blog.pfaw.org/content/why-senate-republican-claims-about-dc-circuit-don-t-pass-pinocchio-test
[7] http://blog.pfaw.org/content/president-obama-blasts-gop-obstruction-nominates-three-influential-court
[8] http://blog.pfaw.org/content/more-truthiness-sen-grassley-courts
[9] http://www.pfaw.org/take-action/tell-senate-no-more-obstruction-fill-dc-circuit
[10] http://www.pfaw.org/press-releases/2013/06/pfaw-applauds-nomination-three-dc-circuit-court
[11] http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/attacks-obama-s-dc-circuit-nominations-get-more-and-more-absurd
[12] http://blog.pfaw.org/content/1000-day-judicial-vacancy-georgia
[13] http://blog.pfaw.org/content/susan-collins-dc-circuit-hypocrisy
[14] http://www.pfaw.org/press-releases/2013/05/blockbuster-decisions-coming-soon-supreme-court-will-conservative-justices-tw
[15] http://blog.pfaw.org/content/dc-circuit-vacancies-one-down-three-go
[16] http://www.pfaw.org/press-releases/2013/05/pfaw-statement-confirmation-sri-srinivasan-dc-circuit-court-appeals
[17] http://blog.pfaw.org/content/mcconnell-bobs-and-weaves-judicial-nominations
[18] http://blog.pfaw.org/content/wall-st-journals-bizarre-attack-potential-dc-circuit-nominations
[19] http://blog.pfaw.org/content/new-nominees-highlight-growing-diversity-courts
[20] http://blog.pfaw.org/content/gop-obstruction-judicial-nominees-continues
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