The Tennessean: Pastors fight IRS ban on endorsing candidates
4th pulpit protest will test laws on freedom of religion and speech -by Bob Smietana October 1, 2011- For the past four years, pastors in Nashville and around the country…
The Brad Blog: Ohio’s Anti-Voting Law Suspended as 300,000 Petition to Put it Onto the Ballot in 2012
-By Brad Friedman September 30, 2011- Now THIS is what democracy looks like. Some really great news via Ian Millhiser at ThinkProgress... Earlier this year, Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R)…
OpEd News: 20 Dem Reps Call for DOJ Probe To Investigate Clarence Thomas
-By Andrew Kreig September 30, 2011- Twenty Democratic members of Congress wrote federal judicial authorities on Sept. 29 to request a formal Justice Department probe of Supreme Court Associate Justice…
Press Release: Evidence Suggests Justice Thomas Flouted Federal Ethics Law
He Correctly Filled Out Federal Disclosure Forms for Five Years Before he Stopped, Citing Misunderstood Instructions For Immediate Release September 30, 2011 Contact: Blair FitzGibbon 202-503-6141 Washington, DC - Supreme…
Buzzflash: Watch Out, Democrats: A New Silicon Valley-Funded Group Prepares to Rock the Conservative Christian Vote
-by Bill Berkowitz September 29, 2011- "As the nation gears up for the 2012 presidential election," Ari Berman recently wrote in Rolling Stone magazine, "Republican officials have launched an unprecedented,…
Huffington Post: Clarence Thomas Should Be Investigated For Nondisclosure, Democratic Lawmakers Say
-by Jennifer Bendry September 29, 2011- Democratic lawmakers on Thursday called for a federal investigation into Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' failure to report hundreds of thousands of dollars on…
Press Release: Slaughter, 19 Colleagues, Call for Investigation into Justice Thomas’s Non-Disclosure
Under Law, Judicial Conference Must Refer Issue to US Attorney General WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Louise Slaughter, Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee, together with 19 Members of Congress, today…
Huffington Post: Rick Perry Supporters Start Non-Profit That Can Accept Unlimited, Secret Donations
-by Paul Blumenthal September 28, 2011- Supporters of Texas Gov. Rick Perry's presidential bid have organized a non-profit under the 501(c)(4) section of the tax code to aid his candidacy,…
Huffington Post: Political Groups Are Flouting IRS Rules To Keep Donors Secret, Reformers Say
-by Dan Froomkin September 28, 2011- Good-government advocates on Wednesday asked the Internal Revenue Service to investigate four groups they say are blatantly flouting the law by claiming tax-exempt status…
Brad Blog: National Security Lab Hacks Diebold Touch-Screen Voting Machine by Remote Control With $26 in Computer Parts
Hack team leader: 'Can do similar things on pretty much every e-voting machine'... -By Brad Friedman September 27, 2011- The Vulnerability Assessment Team (VAT) at the U.S. Dept. of Energy's…
Salon: Diebold voting machines can be hacked by remote control
Exclusive: A laboratory shows how an e-voting machine used by a third of all voters can be easily manipulated -By Brad Friedman September 27, 2011- It could be one of…
Get Money Out: Join 100,000 Americans
-by Dylan Ratigan September 27, 2011- Money has bought our politics. Only we the people can take it back. But, HOW? I have asked a professional lobbyist and a series…
Huffington Post: Super PACs And Secret Money: The Unregulated Shadow Campaign
-by Paul Blumenthal September 26, 2011- WASHINGTON -- In the span of a week in September, two independent political committees announced unheard-of fundraising plans for the coming campaign season. The…
The Hill: House Democrats push legislation to overturn Citizens United ruling
-By Mike Lillis September 20, 2011- A pair of House Democrats introduced legislation Tuesday to overturn the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United ruling that freed corporations to spend unlimited money…