The New Yorker: Money Unlimited
How Chief Justice John Roberts orchestrated the Citizens United decision -by Jeffrey Toobin May 21, 2012- When Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission was first argued before the Supreme Court,…
Bloomberg: Scalia Turns Advocate Against Obama as Queries Criticized
-By Greg Stohr May 15, 2012- In January, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia accused the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of “high-handedness.” He was just getting warmed up. Over the next…
Huffington Post:
-By Dan Froomkin March 24, 2012- WASHINGTON -- The two most controversial campaign financing practices of the post-Citizens United era aren’t actually the Supreme Court’s fault. The court's conservative majority…
Think Progress: Scalia Rewrites History, Claims 5-4 Bush v. Gore Decision ‘Wasn’t Even Close’
-By Ian Millhiser March 9, 2012- During a speech at Wesleyan University last night, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia offered a strange revision of the time he joined with four…
The other 98%: Clarence Thomas – Recuse Yourself
Health Care for America Now and The Other 98% presented a petition with 100,000 signatures calling on Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from the upcoming ruling on affordable health care.…
Slate: Occupy the Super PACs
Justice Ginsburg knows the Citizens United decision was a mistake. Now she appears to be ready to speak truth to power. -By Richard L. Hasen February 20, 2012- In 18…
Washington Post: Supreme Court blocks Mont. court ruling upholding ban on independent campaign spending
-AP Fevruary 17, 2012- WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday blocked a Montana court ruling upholding limits on corporate campaign spending. The state court ruling appears to be at…
Huffington Post: Clarence Thomas Petitioned By 100,000 Progressives To Recuse Himself From Health Care Cases
-By Mike Sacks February 17, 2012- WASHINGTON -- The calls for Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from the health care cases to be heard in March took a theatrical…
Truthout: Fifty Activist Groups Call for Congressional Hearings on Citizens United
-by: Mike Ludwig February 15, 2012- Fifty organizations presented letters to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees on Tuesday requesting hearings this year on the need to amend the Constitution…