A US District judge in Virginia has ruled that, under the Supreme Court decision in Citizens United, corporations can make donations directly to political candidates. Federal law had said that corporations could not contribute directly to candidates, but Judge James…
It has been a busy week on the redistricting front, particularly in Illinois as the General Assembly rushed to get state level and congressional maps passed before the end of their session. Also, Michigan’s map drawing competition has concluded, and…
This week’s Beyond the Network takes a look at some of the issues happening outside the Midwest, and provides a national perspective on some of the issues that Midwest Democracy Network covers. Read on, read on!
Lawmakers in Wisconsin have approved what Wisconsin Common Cause is calling the “most extreme” voter ID law in the nation. The new law would require voters to show photo ID at the polls, which they…
This morning the National Journal takes a look at corporate political campaign disclosure. In the piece titled “Transparency v. Free Speech,” which takes a look at campaign disclosure from two points of view: one…
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MADISON, Wisconsin, February, 2008 -- Three national organizations are speaking out in support of a voluntary public funding program for candidates for the Wisconsin Supreme Court. At the state capitol, representatives from the Committee for Economic Development, the Justice at…
WASHINGTON, DC -- Special interest pressure is metastasizing into a permanent national threat to the fairness and impartiality of America’s courts, according to a major new report from the Justice at Stake Campaign and its partners, the Brennan Center for…
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