Tag Archives: campaign funding

It’s not just a matter of fixing Wall Street

By Mark | April 26, 2010

With all the talk of banking reform in the news today, I thought that now might be a good time to remind folks about Lawrence Lessig’s attempts, through his organization, Fix Congress First, to rally support for the Fair Elections Now Act. As I suspect many of you know, regulating Wall Street, while critical, in […]

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Saving Democracy from activist judges

By Mark | February 3, 2010

It was announced today, in response to the recent Supreme Court ruling giving corporations unprecedented influence over the American elections, that Representatives John Conyers and Donna Edwards had introduced a Constitutional amendment to remedy the situation. The amendment, which is being called the Free Speech for People Amendment, reads as follows: Amendment XXVIII Section 1. […]

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