Politics

Supreme Court to Rule on Greenhouse Gas Regulation

by Rebekah Wilce — October 18, 2013 - 7:14am
  • Topics: Global Warming, Environment, Politics

    • The Supreme Court agreed on October 15 to review the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) authority to regulate greenhouse gases from stationary sources like power plants under the Clean Air Act.

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    Officials in Arizona and Kansas Rig Ballots to Implement ALEC Voter Suppression Scheme

    by Brendan Fischer — October 10, 2013 - 8:42am
  • Topics: ALEC Exposed, Democracy, Politics

    • State officials in Arizona and Kansas are developing a new scheme to implement an American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)-approved bill requiring proof of citizenship at the polls. 

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    Did Scalia Really Say That? "Citizens United" Lurks Behind Supreme Court's Latest Money-in-Politics Case

    by Brendan Fischer — October 9, 2013 - 2:41pm
  • Topics: Corporations, Democracy, Politics

    • The 2010 Citizens United decision was premised on the dubious notion that expenditures made "independently" of candidates by groups like Super PACs are less likely to have a corruptive influence than direct contributions to candidates and parties. In Tuesday's oral arguments in McCutcheon v. FEC, the latest case to challenge campaign finance limits, at least some justices acknowledged the folly of their reasoning in Citizens United, but nonetheless appear likely to further restrict Congress' ability to limit money in politics.

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    Will Supreme Court Expand "Money as Speech" Ruse and Strike Donation Limits?

    by Brendan Fischer — October 7, 2013 - 9:53am
  • Topics: Corporations, Democracy, Politics

    • On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case that could further expand the reach of its controversial ruling that political spending is a form of speech protected by the First Amendment -- and which could give the one percent even more influence over politics.

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    Texas Attorney General Rebuffs ALEC's Effort to Declare Itself Immune from Open Records Law

    by PRW Staff — September 30, 2013 - 3:36pm
  • Topics: ALEC Exposed, Corporations, Democracy, Politics

    • FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 30, 2013

    CONTACT: Brendan Fischer, brendan@prwatch.org

    MADISON -- Texas Republican Attorney General Greg Abbott has issued an Open Records Letter Ruling rejecting an effort by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) to declare itself immune from the state's public records law, after the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) and the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas filed briefs in the matter.

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    Wisconsin Media Defends State Open Records Law

    by PRW Staff — September 20, 2013 - 5:21pm
  • Topics: ALEC Exposed, Media, Politics

    • Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen has taken the unprecedented step of asserting that a state legislator cannot be held accountable for refusing to disclose public records in response to a lawful open records request by the Center for Media and Democracy.

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    Lockup Quotas Help For-Profit Prison Companies Keep Profits High and Prisons Full

    by Brendan Fischer — September 20, 2013 - 9:26am
  • Topics: Corporations, Outsourcing America Exposed, Politics

    • For-profit prison companies like Corrections Corporation of American and GEO Group are no strangers to controversy. Their business model rests on incarceration, and their profits soared throughout the 1990s and 2000s as harsh sentencing laws, the War on Drugs, and tough immigration enforcement led to a dramatic rise in detention and incarceration.

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    USDA's Reckless Plan to Privatize Food Safety

    by Jill Richardson — September 17, 2013 - 7:19am
  • Topics: Food Safety, Food, Food Rights Network, Outsourcing America Exposed, Politics

    • My friend Jim, a farmer, jokes about bringing a bowl of manure and a spoon to the farmers' markets where he sells his beef. "My beef has no manure in it, but you can add some," he'd like to tell his customers.

    I'm sure you'd pass on manure as a condiment. But unless you're a vegetarian or you slaughter your own meat, you may have eaten it. And if the USDA moves forward with its plan to make a pilot program for meat inspection more widespread, this problem can only get worse.

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    Wisconsin Attorney General Seeks to Vitiate Open Records Law to Protect ALEC’s National Treasurer

    by PRW Staff — September 13, 2013 - 7:43am
  • Topics: ALEC Exposed, Democracy, Lobbying, Politics, Wisconsin Protests

    • CONTACT: Alex Oberley, 608-260-9713, Alex@PRwatch.org

    Madison -- Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen has taken the unprecedented step of asserting that a state legislator cannot be held accountable for refusing to disclose public records in response to a lawful open records request by the Center for Media and Democracy.

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    Wisconsin Citizens Speak Out about Raw Milk

    by Rebekah Wilce — September 13, 2013 - 7:28am
  • Topics: Raw Milk, Food, Food Rights Network, Politics

    • Across the United States, the majority of states allow legal sales of raw, or unpasteurized, milk in one form or another, whether retail, on the farm, or via "herd share" arrangements. A growing number of Wisconsin citizens would like to add this state to that list once and for all.

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