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The Voter-Fraud Fraud
"I don't want everybody to vote ... our leverage in the elections quite candidly goes up as the voting populace goes down." - Paul Weyrich, founding father of the conservative movement, 1980.When news...
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Big Victories for Young Progressives
This year People For the American Way Action Fund endorsed over eighty candidates of the age 35 or younger who were running for public office. Many of the candidates were already elected officials,...
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Senator Max Baucus Introduces Constitutional Amendment to Reverse Citizens...
While Republicans in Washington are celebrating the anniversary of Citizens United by threatening to scrap the public finance system for elections and allow corporations to donate directly to...
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Judge's Children Respond to GOP Congressman Who Wanted to Put Their Father...
In an address to the Montana State Legislature, Republican Congressman and Senate-candidate Denny Rehberg blasted a federal judge who ruled that the grey wolf had to remain on the Endangered Species...
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A Chance to Overrule Citizens United?
A Chance to Overrule Citizens United? Justices Ginsburg and Breyer suggest that Citizens United should be revisited via a case from Montana, based on the past two years' experience.Teaser Image:...
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Blinded by the Hate: The Real Problem With Judge Cebull's Email
Blinded by the Hate: The Real Problem With Judge Cebull's Email This post originally appeared in the Huffington Post.Earlier this week a Great Falls Tribune reporter found something startling in his...
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Three Montana Legislators Support Disgraced Federal Judge
Three Montana Legislators Support Disgraced Federal Judge Efforts to reframe Cebull as a victim of oppression show a lack of basic understanding about the American justice system.Teaser Image:...
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Bipartisan Call to Re-examine Citizens United
Bipartisan Call to Re-examine Citizens United As the Supreme Court decides whether or not to hear a challenge to Montana’s prohibition on corporate independent expenditures to affect state elections,...
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Montana Campaign Finance Caps Can Stay For Now
Montana Campaign Finance Caps Can Stay For Now The Court declines to wreck Montana's campaign finance system just two weeks before Election Day.Teaser Image: The Court declines to wreck Montana's...
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Judge Cebull in the News Again
Judge Cebull in the News Again In an election year case affecting minority voting rights, we can't have confidence that Judge Cebull's decision is unaffected by his own prejudices.Teaser Image: In an...
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A Critical Victory in Montana
A Critical Victory in Montana The defender of Montana's campaign finance laws will now become that state's governor.Teaser Image: The defender of Montana's campaign finance laws will now become that...
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Why It’s Time to Dump DOMA: Caitlin Copple
Why It’s Time to Dump DOMA: Caitlin Copple DOMA’s Days Are Over This piece is the third in a series of guest blog posts on “Why It’s Time to Dump DOMA.” In the weeks leading up to the Supreme Court...
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Happy Anniversary, Judge Cebull
Happy Anniversary, Judge Cebull Judge Cebull remains on the bench a year after his now-notorious racist e-mail was exposed.Teaser Image: Judge Cebull remains on the bench a year after his...
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Good-Bye, Judge Cebull
Good-Bye, Judge Cebull Before a confidential order and memorandum from a federal judicial disciplinary body becomes public, the notorious Judge Cebull changes plans and announces his retirement.Teaser...
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As Washington Begins Debate on Gun Violence Bills, National Responses Vary
As Washington Begins Debate on Gun Violence Bills, National Responses Vary As the U.S. Senate prepares to consider a package of gun violence prevention proposals this week, the current debate on the...
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Report on Judge Cebull Shows Why Courts Matter
When federal judges hear people's cases and decide their rights, it has an enormous impact on their lives.Teaser Image: When federal judges hear people's cases and decide their rights, it has an...
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Voting Rights Advocates Rack Up More Wins
Earlier this month, PFAW reported on what has gone right for voting rights at the state level in 2014. While there is much more work to be done to enact needed reforms and to step up and counter...
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