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Gorsuch Refuses Chance to Condemn 'Dark Money' Lobbying on His Behalf

During Tuesday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) questioned Judge Neil Gorsuch on the conservative "front groups" supporting his nomination. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

How SCOTUS Campaign Finance Rulings 'Distorted' US Democracy

Lauren McCauley, staff writer

Demos report authors explain how "these decisions quite literally transformed the American political system." (Photo: Michael Coghlan/cc/flickr)

With the pending confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch shaping up to be a referendum on the role of money in politics, a new study published on Tuesday highlights the actual impact of campaign finance rulings on the 2016 election. Published by public policy organization Demos, Court Cash: 2016 Election Money Resulting Directly from...

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EPA Pick Pruitt Awash in Industry Cash as Nomination Battle Heats Up

Lauren McCauley, staff writer

Scott Pruitt's Super PAC, Liberty 2.0, "can keep raising money from the corporate interests he is charged with regulating," notes reporters. (Photo: AP)

Determined to get " fossil fuel industry puppet " Scott Pruitt confirmed as...

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Career of Trump's Top Ethics Lawyer Marred by Questionable Ethics

Deirdre Fulton, staff writer

The attorney named as President-elect Donald Trump's White House counsel,...

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To Reclaim Democracy, New Lawsuit Aims to Be 'Death of the Super PAC'

Battle for Senate Leads to 'Precipitous Rise' in Dark Money Spending

From Citizens United to Ranked-Choice Voting: Democracy on the Ballot 2016

Blow for Transparency as Supreme Court Rejects Wisconsin Corruption Case

Leaked 'John Doe' Docs Offer Stark Look at Post-Citizens United Landscape

Koch Brothers Waging War Against Local Effort to Expose Dark Money

With Clinton at Helm, Democratic Party Again a 'Plaything of the Super-Rich'

Landmark Survey Finds Special Interests are Pouring Money into Local Elections

Time is Running Out: Coalition Calls on Obama to Protect Democracy Before November Election

'Just the Beginning': 400 Arrested Demanding End of Big-Money Politics

Mass Convergence in D.C. for 'Sit-In to Save Democracy'

'Artful Smear' Attack Backfires as Clinton Accused of Denying Impact of Big Money

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Public Citizen

Shameful: Republican House Appropriators Vote to Keep Secret Political Money Hidden

Public Citizen

Trump’s Executive Order Is Citizens United 2.0, Threatens Integrity of Religious and Charitable Sectors

Public Citizen

U.S. Supreme Court’s Assumption That Outside Groups Are Independent Is Proven False at the State and Local Levels

NARAL Pro-Choice America

New Poll: Majority of Voters Oppose GOP Attempts to Push Through Ultraconservative Supreme Court Nominee

Move to Amend

Voters Reject Citizens United in Landslide Election Victories in Four States

Free Speech for People

Members of Congress File Suit Against the FEC to Abolish Super PACs

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David Schwenk

Five Pro-Democracy Activists Sentenced for Disrupting the U.S. Supreme Court

Daniel I. Weiner

Obama's Last Chance to Take on Dark Money

Frances Moore Lappé, Adam Eichen

And Now, For Some Good News

Bruce Potts

In Defense of Bernie, In Defense of Democracy: The Ironic Case for Hillary Clinton

Jasmine Gomez

Citizens United, the First Amendment, and the Ballot

John Light

The Long Path to Reversing Citizens United

Laura Bonham

Hey Hillary, The Problem Isn’t Just Citizens United

Adam Eichen

Why Overturning Citizens United Isn’t Enough

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy

Breaking the Fourth Wall of Democracy

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy

Does Big Money Still Matter?

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