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August 3, 2010 3:31 pm | By Rhee-Soo
More GOP Hypocrisy
Either Senate Republicans have no idea what their co-conservatives are saying and doing, or they are just comfortable with their party’s hypocrisy. In explaining why he didn’t plan to vote for Kagan, Senator Jeff Sessions said that she lacked judicial…
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August 3, 2010 3:21 pm | By Paul Gordon
Cardin Supports Kagan – and the American People
In support of Elena Kagan's nomination, Sen. Ben Cardin just did an excellent job of listing a few of the examples of how the Roberts Court has gone out of its way to rule against ordinary Americans and in favor…
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August 3, 2010 3:10 pm | By Miranda Blue
Trading Judges
As the Senate prepares to vote this week on the Supreme Court confirmation of Elena Kagan, there is also reportedly a deal in the works to finally confirm dozens of the executive branch and judicial nominees who have been waiting—many…
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August 3, 2010 2:19 pm | By Paul Gordon
Sessions Mistakes Kagan for Roberts
GOP Senator Jeff Sessions has taken to the Senate floor to oppose the nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court. He's accused Kagan of believing that judges can simply ignore the Constitution and replace it with her personal vision…
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August 3, 2010 2:16 pm | By Rhee-Soo
The Wrong Way to Reform Immigration
As President Obama made clear last month, some proponents of the Arizona law have distorted the truth to spread fear about undocumented immigrants. Governor Jan Brewer, for example, claimed that beheaded bodies had been discovered in the Arizona desert, but…
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August 3, 2010 1:57 pm | By Paul Gordon
Leahy Calls the Robert Court on its Pro-Business Excess
Sen. Leahy just opened up the Senate debate on Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court with words that we all should pay attention to: "Law matters in people's lives." He referred to the Supreme Court’s attack against victims of…
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August 2, 2010 7:37 pm | By Miranda Blue
Ken Cuccinelli Will Not Be Outdone
Virginia’s crusading attorney general Ken Cuccinelli has a new cause: ensuring that Virginia keeps up with Arizona in the race to become the most anti-immigrant state in the union. On Friday, prompted by an inquiry from Republican Governor Bob McDonnell,…
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July 30, 2010 9:10 pm | By Rhee-Soo
Republicans Waiting It Out On Judicial Nominations
In the wake of Citizens United and other rulings that put corporate bank accounts ahead of individual rights, it has become increasingly clear where the priorities of the Supreme Court’s conservative majority lie. Republicans in Congress, unlike most Americans, like…
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July 30, 2010 5:38 pm | By Brian
GOP’s Citizens United Hypocrisy
As we witness the growing influx of corporate spending in elections from Kentucky to Minnesota as a result of the Citizens United ruling, campaigns across the country are bracing for a barrage of corporate expenditures. Senate Republicans claim that by…
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July 29, 2010 9:23 pm | By Miranda Blue
GOP Blocks 20 Judicial Nominees, Rebuffs Goodwin Liu Again
Nine Democratic senators went to the Senate floor today to call for up-or-down votes on the confirmation of 20 federal judicial nominees, many of whom have been waiting months to be confirmed and several of whom passed out of the…
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July 29, 2010 8:32 pm | By Rhee-Soo
Guess Who’s Against the DISCLOSE Act?
Citizens United empowered corporate and special interest lobbyists to spend unlimited amounts influencing elections. Not surprisingly, lobbyists hired by powerful interests are now the most vocal opponents of campaign finance reform. Roll Call reports that these lobbyists outdid themselves fighting…
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July 28, 2010 10:22 pm | By Rhee-Soo
The Consequences of Citizens United
Ever since the Supreme Court issued its ruling in the Citizens United case in January, we’ve been warning that the decision would empower corporations to funnel unlimited donations through shadow advocacy groups to directly influence elections.And guess what? It’s begun.Just…
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July 27, 2010 9:59 pm | By Miranda Blue
Senate GOP Blocks Election Transparency, Baucus Responds with Constitutional Amendment
Republicans succeeded today in blocking Senate consideration of the DISCLOSE Act, a modest first attempt to start reigning in the money-in-politics free-for-all the Supreme Court set loose in January’s Citizens United decision.The successful filibuster of DISCLOSE is frustrating, but it…
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July 27, 2010 7:39 pm | By Jen Herrick
Join the call to support family immigration rights
A few weeks ago, I attended a press conference to support LGBT equality and comprehensive immigration reform. Tomorrow you too have the chance to get involved.Immigration Equality Action Fund is hosting Grassroots Call: ACT NOW for Family Immigration Rights!Date: TOMORROW,…
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July 27, 2010 7:35 pm | By Rhee-Soo
The Supreme Court’s Conservative Ideology
Some conservatives are still trying to argue that the Supreme Court is in danger of being overrun by “liberal activists.” But an article in Sunday’s New York Times, entitled “Court Under Roberts Is Most Conservative In Decades,” presented data from…
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July 27, 2010 7:33 pm | By Miranda Blue
Obama Increasing Pressure On GOP to Confirm Judges
President Obama says he’s increasing the pressure on Republican Senators to stop stalling judicial nominees. After meeting with congressional leaders today, he told reporters:Finally, during our meeting today, I urged Senator McConnell and others in the Senate to work with…
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July 26, 2010 10:03 pm | By Miranda Blue
Udall and Bennett Push for Vote on Judge
Another set of senators have come forward to try to break the GOP’s logjam on judicial nominees.Colorado Senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennett sent a letter Friday to the leaders of the Senate and the Senate Judiciary Committee to request…
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July 26, 2010 9:05 pm | By Miranda Blue
President Urges Senators to Pass DISCLOSE Act
President Obama this afternoon urged the Senate to pass the DISCLOSE Act, which it begins debate on today. The president said the transparency bill was a necessary response to the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United v. FEC:Because of the…
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July 26, 2010 7:26 pm | By Miranda Blue
RNC Embraces Breitbart’s Extremism
Last week, we were treated to an appalling spectacle in which conservative activist-journalist Andrew Breitbart launched a racially-charged attack against USDA employee Shirley Sherrod, creating a media storm and getting her fired from her job before anyone noticed that his…
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July 25, 2010 3:31 am | By Miranda Blue
Netroots Nation Takes on Citizens United
When we commissioned a poll to gauge what Americans thought about the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. FEC, we expected to find strong opposition to the idea of unlimited corporate influence in elections. But even we were stunned…