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Warren faces Issa one more time before launch of Consumer Financial...
Elizabeth Warren appeared before the House Oversight Committee yet one more time on Wednesday – her third trip to the Committee – in advance of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) launch...
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Senate holds historic hearing on DOMA repeal
Today, Sen. Patrick Leahy convened the Senate Judiciary Committee to hold the body's first ever hearing on the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). DOMA, which prohibits the federal government...
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The Supreme Court for Beginners
Do you care about clean elections, fair pay, civil rights, environmental protections, and the right to seek justice when you’ve been wronged?Then you should care a whole lot about the Supreme Court.In...
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Taking it Back to 1987, Mitt Romney Teams Up with Judge Bork
Mitt Romney yesterday announced the members of his campaign’s legal advisory team, which will be led by none other than Robert Bork.This is interesting because Judge Bork’s views of the law and...
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Koch Brothers Sink to a New Low to Undermine Public Education
The Koch brothers have had a piece of the right-wing anti-public education franchise for some time, through their sponsorship of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). The corporate-funded...
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For Rick Perry, Fighting "Over-Taxation" Is A Testament Of Faith
Cross-posted on Right Wing WatchTexas Gov. Rick Perry raised eyebrows yesterday when, while campaigning in South Carolina, he likened the struggles of corporations resisting paying their fair share in...
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Mitt Romney Brings Back Bush’s Economics and Bork’s Jurisprudence
When Mitt Romney announced last month that his campaign’s legal team would be led by rejected Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork, we were somewhat aghast. Bork’s legal record was so extreme – he opposed...
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Hit With Ethics Complaint, Issa Turns to the Usual Scapegoat
The advocacy group American Family Voices is planning to file an ethics complaint against House Oversight & Government Reform Committee chairman Darrel Issa for improperly using his position to add...
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Saving the Constitution From the Tea Party
What if our federal government didn’t have the power to provide for emergency disaster relief? To prevent children from being put to work at an early age…without even the protection of a minimum wage?...
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The Commerce Clause and American Progress
In the Tea Party, it’s all the rage these days to declare everything unconstitutional – Social Security, Medicare, unemployment insurance, disaster relief, federal civil rights laws, health care...
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Justice Department Charges Anti-Immigrant Hero Joe Arpaio with Long List of...
Sheriff Joe Arpaio is something of a hero to the anti-immigrant Right. He was one of the most outspoken proponents of Arizona’s draconian anti-immigrant law last year, in a large part because he had...
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Revisionist History &'The Food Stamp President': Celebrating MLK Day with the...
Revisionist History & 'The Food Stamp President': Celebrating MLK Day with the GOP Candidates This post originally appeared in the Huffington Post.The GOP presidential candidates had every right...
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NYT: The Courts as a Political Weapon for the Powerful
NYT: The Courts as a Political Weapon for the Powerful As Mitt Romney rightly pointed out in December, one of the most important issues riding on the upcoming presidential election will be the future...
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Sen. Inouye’s Civil Rights Legacy
Sen. Inouye’s Civil Rights Legacy Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, passed away yesterday at the age of 88, having represented the people of Hawaii in either the House...
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PFAW Foundation Remembers Civil Rights Hero Julius Chambers
PFAW Foundation Remembers Civil Rights Hero Julius Chambers We here at People For the American Way Foundation are deeply saddened by the passing of Julius Chambers, a trailblazing civil rights lawyer...
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