Investigating Power
…nation’s problems. Instead, the PAC gets cash from big-money donors and spends it trying to tear down its political opponents. The Republican National Committee’s “autopsy” of its 2012 presidential loss…
…intellect” who doled out wealth, power, and favor to his followers and persecuted his enemies. Zephyr Teachout gives a compelling history of this national impulse in her recent book, Corruption…
…and positions on any of the critical legal issues facing the nation. “If I indicate my agreement or disagreement with a past precedent of the United States Supreme Court, I’m…
…at the center of the long-running “John Doe” criminal investigation of Scott Walker’s campaign coordination with dark money groups. O’Keefe was the national field coordinator for the Libertarian Party when…
…note that the federal debt was higher in the late 1940s, when measured as a percentage of the national economy, without damaging the nation’s “life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness”…
…speech, and that laws can’t distinguish between speakers—puts the little that remains of our nation’s post-Watergate scandal reforms at grave risk. So far, the Court has rebuffed challenges to the…
…our nation’s campaign finance laws.” The House letter proposes several specific questions for Gorsuch’s confirmation hearing, including whether he supports common sense limits on political spending, whether he would support…
The Edison Electric Institute (EEI), the trade association for the nation’s investor-owned electric utilities, is hosting a high-dollar fundraiser tonight benefiting the political action committee of Speaker of the House…
…views and record. Not so fast. Crisis of Legitimacy Since Trump nominated Judge Gorsuch for the Supreme Court on January 31, we’ve witnessed the forced resignation of National Security Advisor…
…state houses across the nation as “innovative” public policy stripped of their industry origins. But Pruitt touted industry influence as a plus in an interview. “ALEC is unique in the…
