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Barriers to Justice and Accountability: How the Supreme Court's Recent Rulings Will Affect Corporate Behavior [1]
PFAWF's commentary to the Senate Judiciary committee reveals that, during its 2010-2011 term, the Supreme Court has severely undermined individuals’ ability to harness the power of law to rein in giant corporations’ excesses.
United For the People [2]
Featured at this year's Netroots Nation, check out our new United For the People web portal featuring all the organizations that are united in the belief that the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United must be remedied by a Constitutional amendment in order to restore the democratic promise of America.
Rise of the Corporate Court: How the Supreme Court is Putting Businesses First [3]
The Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United v. FEC is the logical expression of an activist pro-corporatist jurisprudence that has been bubbling up for many decades, but has gained tremendous momentum over the last generation.
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The Citizens United Era: How the Supreme Court Continues to Put Business First [8]
A new PFAW Foundation report examines how the Supreme Court's conservative majority is working to reshape our Constitution and elevate corporate interests above the rights of individual Americans. Beginning with the 2010 decision in Citizens United, the Roberts Court has handed down a steady stream of decisions that allow enormous corporations to use their significant resource advantage to influence the law in their favor.
Ongoing Coverage on PFAW's Blog [9]
Check out PFAW's ongoing coverage of Judicial Nominations
Partisan Obstruction of Lower Federal Court Nominees [10]
Fact sheet on the impact of the judicial vacancy crisis and the Senate's unprecedented obstruction.