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December 6, 2011 11:16 pm | By Paul Gordon
Maryland GOP Campaign Manager Found Guilty of Election Fraud
A jury verdict was reached today in one of the most notorious of the GOP dirty tricks designed to suppress the vote on Election Day 2010. That's when Maryland Democrats received telephone calls late in the day telling them that…
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December 5, 2011 5:36 pm | By Miranda Blue
Rick Perry: Don’t Use the Constitution to Interpret the Constitution
Researchers at People For’s Right Wing Watch were watching Mike Huckabee’s presidential candidate forum on Saturday, and picked out this interesting exchange: First, Perry presents his plan to impose term limits on Supreme Court justices – which he correctly points…
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December 2, 2011 5:15 pm | By Paul Gordon
Senate Schedules Cloture Vote for Caitlin Halligan
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has scheduled a cloture vote for Tuesday at noon on Caitlin Halligan's nomination to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals. Hopefully, that means the Senate will be able to finally cast an up-or-down vote on…
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December 1, 2011 7:09 pm | By Justin
Exposing ALEC in Arizona
Yesterday, community leaders in Arizona spoke out against the undue influence that corporations hold in our democracy. With the help of secretive organizations such as the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), wealthy corporations and special interests are able to sit…
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December 1, 2011 4:47 pm | By admin
Guest Post: Local Governments Speak Out Against Citizens United
By Cynthia WolkenCity Councilwoman, Missoula, Montana & Member of People For the American Way Foundation's Young Elected Officials NetworkAcross the nation, Americans are mobilizing against the damage done to our democracy by Citizens United. The only way to fully correct…
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November 30, 2011 10:46 pm | By Paul Gordon
Suppressing the African American Vote in Maryland
When a paid campaign consultant presents you with a plan designed to illegally suppress the African American vote, what is the proper response? When this happened last year to Republicans in Maryland, rather than show the consultant the door, they…
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November 30, 2011 5:33 pm | By Justin
America as a Christian Nation Panel Highlights
On November 8, 2011, People For the American Way Foundation hosted a forum at the National Press Club entitled America as a ‘Christian Nation’ – A conversation with experts on religion, history, law and the Constitution. The panel of experts…
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November 23, 2011 4:48 pm | By Miranda Blue
Washington Post Urges Halligan Confirmation
In an editorial today, the Washington Post urged the Senate to confirm Caitlin Halligan to serve on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Halligan was originally nominated by President Obama in September 2010 and was approved by the Senate judiciary…
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November 22, 2011 10:03 pm | By Paul Gordon
Supreme Court Asked to Limit Congressional Ability to Protect the Public
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Monday in First American Financial Corporation v. Edwards, a case that threatens to undermine a number of federal statutory protections Americans have fought to have enacted over the years. This case involves…
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November 22, 2011 4:53 pm | By Miranda Blue
AAMLC on Washington Watch with Roland Martin
In early November, People For the American Way Foundation’s African American Ministers Leadership Council (AAMLC) launched VESSELS, a Get Out the Vote Program aimed at combatting voter suppression by empowering clergy to turn out the vote in their communities. Last…
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November 18, 2011 10:32 pm | By Miranda Blue
Déjà Vu as the Right Attacks ‘Hide/Seek’ at the Brooklyn Museum
The Religious Right is up in arms about an exhibit of art by and about gay and lesbian Americans that’s opening at the Brooklyn Museum today --- especially about a small snippet of a video work that some have deemed…
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November 18, 2011 4:36 pm | By Chingun
Wisconsin May Make It Harder for Some Students to Vote
Last Tuesday in Madison, a Republican controlled legislative committee, on a party-line vote, ordered the state’s accountability board to write “administrative rules” on the state’s new voter ID law, determining what counts as appropriate forms of voter identification under the…
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November 17, 2011 8:44 pm | By Paul Gordon
Proposition 8 Appeal Will Continue
Today, the California Supreme Court ruled that the proponents of Proposition 8 have standing under California law to defend it when government officials decline to. The court is addressing this issue at the request of the U.S. Court of Appeals…
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November 17, 2011 2:55 pm | By Brian
Republicans Advocate Censorship Of New York Exhibit
Cross-Posted from Right Wing WatchOn Friday, the Brooklyn Museum will begin hosting “Hide/Seek,” an exhibit about the experience of gays and lesbians in American art that provoked a firestorm of criticism from the Religious Right when it opened at the…
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November 15, 2011 10:37 pm | By Miranda Blue
In Tight Race with Elizabeth Warren, Scott Brown Bucks Party to Endorse Cordray for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Last month, PFAW’s Marge Baker wrote an op-ed for The Hill suggesting a simple way that Congress can respond to the energy behind Occupy Wall Street: by finally confirming Richard Cordray to head the long-languishing Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Marge…
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November 15, 2011 10:07 pm | By Paul Gordon
Leahy Notes Consequences of GOP Obstruction of Judges
This morning began with 25 highly qualified judicial nominees who have been cleared by committee - 23 of them with strong bipartisan support and 21 unanimously - eligible for a quick floor vote. Unfortunately, Senate Republicans allowed only two of…
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November 14, 2011 11:28 pm | By Paul Gordon
Healthcare Reform at the Supreme Court
This morning, the Supreme Court granted review to three cases involving challenges to the Affordable Care Act. As a result, the political conversation on the American people's ability to address national issues via congressional legislation will be paralleled by a…
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November 10, 2011 11:03 pm | By Paul Gordon
You Have the Right to Sue, But …
There are now 25 highly qualified judicial nominees whose nominations are pending on the Senate floor, 21 of whom cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee without opposition. As Republicans continue to prevent timely confirmation votes, the judicial vacancy crisis goes on.…
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November 10, 2011 9:43 pm | By Jen Herrick
PFAW Applauds Committee Vote on Respect For Marriage Act
Back in July, I had the privilege of attending the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Respect for Marriage Act. Today brought me to another historic moment: the passage of that bill out of Committee. Senator Feinstein, the bill’s chief…
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November 10, 2011 3:50 pm | By
Tuesday’s Biggest Loser: The New, New Mitt Romney
The new, new Mitt Romney has been doing everything he can to fit in. But on Tuesday, he faced a big setback: he found out that he had been trying too hard to fit in with the wrong crowd.Mitt was…