Rick Perry: Uniting the Really Far Right and the Really, Really Far Right
Cross-posted from the Huffington PostTexas Gov. Rick Perry formally launched his presidential campaign last weekend, apparently hoping to upstage those competitors who were slugging it out in the Iowa...
View ArticleThe 2012 GOP Field: Not Even Ronald Reagan Could Get This Nomination
Tonight, eight GOP presidential candidates will alight on sacred ground to some: the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. As the candidates pay the required perpetual homage...
View ArticleResurrecting Lochner
Right-wing columnist George Will has a column this morning filled with deception and misdirection on the Supreme Court's infamous Lochner decision. Lochner was the decision in which arch-conservative...
View ArticleUPDATE: PFAW to Senate GOP: Leave DC alone
Last month, PFAW strongly encouraged the Senate Appropriations Committee to approve a clean DC appropriations bill. Now the fight continues in the Senate, where this week we expect the consideration of...
View ArticleNorton Thanks Issa for Pulling DC Bill
Yesterday we reported how eager Representative Darrell Issa was to override DC’s home rule when he introduced a bill to mandate new DC hiring practices. Just hours later, he pulled his bill off the...
View ArticleSantorum Says He Doesn’t Want to Impose His Values on the Rest of Us
On Meet the Press yesterday, David Gregory questioned GOP presidential frontrunner Rick Santorum about the social issues – opposition to reproductive choice and gay rights – on which he has built his...
View ArticleVirginia Senate passes less terrible, but still terrible, mandatory...
Last week, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell buckled under nationwide pressure and forced his allies in the state’s legislature to revise a bill they had passed mandating forced, medically unnecessary...
View ArticleBush Circuit Judges Uphold Ohio Abortion Restriction
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View ArticleVP Debate Highlights the Importance of the Supreme Court
Joe Biden spells out the danger of a Supreme Court with Romney justices hand-picked by the infamous Robert Bork.Teaser Image: Joe Biden spells out the danger of a Supreme Court with Romney justices...
View ArticleRichard Mourdock's Religion Trumps Everyone Else's
The GOP candidate's explanation for why he'd outlaw abortion in the case of rape raises serious questions about the role of religion in making government policy.Teaser Image: The GOP candidate's...
View ArticleRichard Mourdock and the Supreme Court
If Mitt Romney wins the election, his Supreme Court justices would empower far-right politicians like Richard Mourdock to codify their religious beliefs into law.Teaser Image: If Mitt Romney wins the...
View ArticleObama Talks About the Supreme Court
The president discusses the consequences if the next Supreme Court justices are chosen by Mitt Romney.Teaser Image: The president discusses the consequences if the next Supreme Court justices are...
View ArticleFar Right Poised to Reverse a Century of Progress with Romney's Court
Far right scholars are eager for a Romney victory, because his Supreme Court would turn their cramped vision of the Constitution into reality.Teaser Image: Far right scholars are eager for a Romney...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court is a Winning Issue for Obama
The Supreme Court is an important issue for voters, and even Mitt Romney knows that the issue benefits President Obama.Teaser Image: The Supreme Court is an important issue for voters, and even Mitt...
View ArticleDangerous Amendments Defeated in Florida
Florida voters overwhelmingly defeated efforts to limit abortion rights and church-state separation.Teaser Image: Florida voters overwhelmingly defeated efforts to limit abortion rights and...
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