LA Times: CA Court Appears Ready To Allow Voters To Weigh In On Citizens United Posted on October 7, 2015 (October 2, 2018) Reporter Maura Dolan of the Los Angeles Times reported from yesterday’s oral arguments in the case on whether or not to restore California Proposition 49, “The Overturn Citizens United Act”, back to the ballot. Click to read more. Read More
CA Supreme Court Hears Arguments To Decide People’s Right To Instruct Their Representatives With Prop 49 Posted on October 6, 2015 (October 6, 2015) San Francisco —Today, the California Supreme Court heard oral arguments on whether Californians have the right to vote on Proposition 49, a voter instruction measure calling for a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United.Read More
U.S. Senators George Mitchell and Angus King Urge Mainers to Vote “Yes” on Question 1 Posted on October 1, 2015 (October 1, 2015) With 34 days until the election day, Popular former Maine Senator George Mitchell and current Senator Angus King endorse Question 1 in Maine.Read More
Federal Judge Confirms What We Already Knew: Super PAC Contributions Can Be Considered Bribes Posted on September 30, 2015 (October 2, 2018) On Monday, a district court judge confirmed what many of us already know: Super PAC contributions can be considered bribes. Four corruption charges against Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and his donor, Salomon Melgen, were dismissed but the judge denied motions to throw out other charges, including the senator’s solicitation of contributions from a Super PAC in exchange for official acts.Read More
Why GOP State Leaders Should Support A Constitutional Amendment To Overturn Citizens United Posted on September 30, 2015 (November 29, 2018) Former Wyoming Senator, Alan Simpson is featured in The Daily Caller with a new piece explaining why GOP state leaders should support a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United.Read More
Money in Politics as a Civil Rights Issue Posted on September 29, 2015 (May 13, 2020) Defending Key Reforms Big money interests increasingly dominate our election process and threaten the basic promise of American democracy: political equality for all. Like the poll tax of the past, today’s campaign finance system operates as a barrier to equal and meaningful participation in the political process. This special forum will address the question of money in politics fromRead More
CORPORATIONS, THE CONSTITUTION, AND DEMOCRACY Posted on September 28, 2015 (May 18, 2020) Corporate Abuse of Power Please join us for an all-day legal symposium at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, which will include scholars from across the country to discuss new scholarship and legal arguments challenging the doctrines underlying the Citizens United ruling and to advance a new jurisprudence in defense of our democracy.* Friday, November 20 9:00am-4:30pm Your RSVP is requested.Read More
Ending Super PACs: Is SpeechNow Vulnerable? Posted on September 28, 2015 (May 13, 2020) Challenging Super PACs Argued less than a week after Citizens United v. FEC, and decided just two months later, the D.C. Circuit’s less-widely-reported decision in SpeechNow.org v. FEC further extended Citizens United and opened the door to what we now call Super PACs. But some argue that SpeechNow, which the Supreme Court declined to review, is not a necessary or the best interpretation of Citizens United, andRead More
Ninth Circuit Rejects Franchise Industry’s Constitutional Arguments Against Seattle Minimum Wage Posted on September 25, 2015 (November 29, 2018) The International Franchise Association suffered a stinging defeat as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rejected its constitutional challenges to Seattle’s new living wage law.Read More