CHICAGO—A Chicago Tribune columnist is even discouraging use of the sometimes-patronizing term “goo-goo” to describe “those who expect and demand better of our elected officials.”
NEW YORK -- Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law. Today in the United States, over five million otherwise eligible citizens cannot vote because of a felony conviction. Four million of these people are not in prison -…
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- The Justice at Stake Campaign: This special report shows how five midwestern states—Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin—have become caught up in America’s “New Politics of Judicial Elections.” Download the press release …
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…
CHICAGO – A new national analysis of 2006 judicial elections cites Illinois as a harbinger of the next battleground for special interest groups: the struggle to influence state appellate court races. The Justice at Stake Campaign,…
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No Midwest Democracy Network states rank higher than 10th in a 50-state ranking of state transparency laws and corruption risk standards, and none received a higher grade than C. Michigan’s F grade ranks amongst the lowest in the country, while…
The Campaign Finance Institute has published an article in the peer-reviewed Election Law Journal called “Small Donors, Big Democracy: New York City’s Matching Funds as a Model for the Nation and States.” Michael Malbin,…
Stateline.org has released their 2012 State of the States report. The report touches on the issues and stories that will take center stage around the country in state governments this year. Included here are…
A study by the Campaign Finance Institute released today attempts to find a Constitutionally viable means of campaign finance reform that would withstand legal challenge. CFI’s report examines states in the Midwest (all Network…
The Los Angeles Times has compiled a report on the disclosure practices of major corporations. Some corporations already disclose donations to candidates, trade associations, and issue advocacy groups, but a heavy majority of the…
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