According to Gavel Grab, more than 100 law professors have signed a letter seeking action by Congress to establish “mandatory and enforceable” ethics rules for Supreme Court justices. The…
The federal judiciary is working on a plan in the event the federal government shuts down if Congress cannot agree on a budget.James Duff, the director of the federal judiciary administrative…
Common Cause is asking for a thorough accounting of a trip Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas took in January 2008 that could have been grounds for recusal from ruling on the Citizens United v. Federal…
The Justice at Stake Campaign and the Brennan Center for Justice have written national bar leaders to support efforts toward state court recusal reform warning that “public confidence” in fair, impartial courts “is indeed in peril.”
Dave Bradlee built a free online mapping tool called “Dave’s Redistricting…
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Ohio Citizen Action wrote a letter to the Ohio legislature Friday marking the deadline for the state’s Semi-Annual Campaign Finance Report and urging lawmakers to “remember that voters deserve to examine this information when it is pertinent.” The letter…
Justice at Stake, a Midwest Democracy Network policy partner organization issued this news release moments ago. The Network partners signing on to the brief include: Citizen Advocacy Center, Illinois Campaign for Political Reform, Michigan Campaign Finance Network, Ohio…
Public Campaign Action Fund issued a news release last week announcing the release of Five Committees, Three Votes, a new study conducted by the watchdog group that details the disparity in health and insurance industry campaign cash received…
Midwest Democracy Network Presidential Questionnaire Documents Vow CHICAGO — Today, a New York Times editorial, “Promises to Keep,” calls on President Obama to make good on the vow to overhaul election financing he made…
OpenSecrets.org is now providing full and free downloads for non-commercial purposes from the Center for Responsive Politics’ (CRP) website.“Putting our data into more hands will put more eyes on Washington and, we hope, engage more Americans in their government,”…
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