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Supreme Court Revisits Campaign-Finance Reform
Is the Supreme Court poised to overhaul the nation’s campaign finance laws? That’s the question as the court holds a special session today to rehear a case that could potentially change laws that restrict spending by corporations and unions on campaigns. The case centers on Hillary: The Movie, an unflattering 90-minute film about Hillary Clinton that the conservative group Citizens United produced during the 2008 campaign. Back then, the Federal Election Commission ruled the film was the equivalent of an attack ad and therefore came under the regulation of a 2002 campaign finance law that restricts spending by outside groups trying to affect the outcome of a campaign. Citizens United promptly sued, claiming the FEC was trying to suppress free speech. While the Supreme Court will weigh whether the FEC’s actions in regard to the Hillary film were correct, the focus of the debate has shifted to a larger question: should corporations and unions be treated differently from individuals when it comes to campaign spending? Whatever the court decides could affect decades of campaign finance law and potentially open a floodgate of money on the eve of a potentially pivotal election year.
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The Politics of Being First
From Marshall to Sotomayor: how the high-court nominations game has (and hasn't) changed.
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How Do Sotomayor's Hearings Compare to the Other Supreme Court Justices?
Ultimately the committee was split, and his nomination was sent to the Senate without a recommendation. Thomas shares with Samuel Alito the distinction of being confirmed by the narrowest margin. Both men scraped in with a 52-48 vote.
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06/20/2009PoliticsThe View From 1987
…preferences of a group that thinks of itself as the intellectual elite. How have you been struck by Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito since they were appointed? My general impression of them is quite good. The justice up there who I most admire is Clarence …
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06/01/2009PoliticsSupremely Civil Ads ... So Far
…information about the struggles and hardships that people are going through. And, as Fox's Wallace pointed out, Justice Samuel Alito said something not dissimilar during his confirmation hearing in 2006 after being nominated by President Bush …
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05/29/2009George F. WillA Save For Sotomayor?
…the composition and behavior of the government ? Sotomayor can talk baseball on the bench with her fellow Princetonian, Samuel Alito , a Phillies fan. There is precedent: During a court session in October 1973, Justice Potter Stewart, whose Reds were …
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05/26/2009CultureThe Rational Hysterics
…when they accused Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito of being misogynists and racists at their confirmation ……to look hypocritical. Why did Republicans treat Samuel Alito 's blue collar upbringing as a great humanizing factor …
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05/26/2009BlogsHow the White House Will Sell Sotomayor
being so restrained, providing reporters with quotes from former Democratic National Committe chair Howard Dean trashing Samuel Alito and John Roberts as extremists when they were nominated.) In the end, how the White House manages its nominee will be
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