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Monthly Archives: March 2011
Citizens United, Part II
In a post whose elegant title I’ve copied for this one, Paul Waldman describes Arizona’s clean-election system: Arizona voters passed a public-financing law in 1998 that uses a clever system to open up the political process without infringing anyone’s free speech rights. … Continue reading
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NPR’s Morning Edition on McComish v. Bennett
In a story entitled, “High Court Takes Another Stab At Campaign Finance,” NPR’s Nina Totenberg gives a nice explanation of the clean-election case argued before the Supreme Court on Monday. The introduction: Last year, the high court, by a 5-4 … Continue reading
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NY Times editorial: “Arizona’s Boon to Free Speech”
Public funding in Arizona state elections comes before the Supreme Court on Monday. In a March 25 editorial, the Times reports that the Court will hear argument about an Arizona law that levels the playing field in state elections, by … Continue reading
Review of 13 Bankers
13 Bankers: Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown by Simon Johnson & James Kwak; New York: Pantheon Books, 2010. Reviewed by Dave Rawlins, who writes, At Coffee Party Austin Board Meeting of 2 March 2011, Tanya Tussing mentioned she … Continue reading
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Brennan Center’s Fair Courts Project
One of the important undertakings of the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law is the Fair Courts Project. From its self-description: The Center’s Fair Courts Project works to preserve fair and impartial courts and … Continue reading
Peace and Justice Festival Postponed
The Festival for Peace and Justice, scheduled for Saturday March 18 at City Hall, has been postponed
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Video: Citizens United v. FEC
A delightful video and a call to action.
Railroad Commission Sunset bill not a cure-all for fracking, ethics
The long-awaited Sunset Bill of the Railroad Commission was released late yesterday, and it’s mostly what we’d expected, but not everything we’d hoped for. Highlights: The Railroad Commission will be renamed the Texas Oil and Gas Commission It will be … Continue reading
9500 Liberty to be Screened at Capitol
The acclaimed documentary film 9500 Liberty, a real story about immigration policies on the local level, will be shown on March 16 in the Texas State Capitol Auditorium, 3:00–5:30pm. Admission is free of charge. The film’s creators, Annabel Park and Eric … Continue reading
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Lawrence Lessig Speaks in Austin
Lawrence Lessig, Professor at Harvard Law School and co-founder of FixCongressFirst!, came to Austin to give his presentation on the corrosive influence of Money in Politics. This edition of the story includes Professor Lessig’s insights into dependency corruption for judges, an issue … Continue reading
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