Campaign Finance Reform Defeated (Twice)
By Tom Watts Today, the Senate rejected a constitutional amendment that would have reversed many of the Supreme Court’s campaign finance decisions, most notably Citizens United. Combine this with the...
View ArticleWhatever Happened to NSA Reform?
By Jake Laperruque For the last year and a half, government surveillance and NSA monitoring have generated one of the most intense discussions in the country. The Snowden disclosures have not only...
View ArticleLet’s Make a Deal
By Daniel Pyon As the dust settles from the midterm elections, this much is clear: the final two years of President Obama’s administration will be one of two-party control. Accordingly, journalists and...
View ArticleNo More Midterms: Let’s Amend the Constitution and Elect the Federal...
By Michael Pierce This month, members of Congress have shown themselves paralyzed when it comes to protecting victims of sex trafficking, yet perfectly capable of acting to embarrass the President (or,...
View ArticleA Fatal First for the Obama Presidency
by Lucy Dicks-Mireaux* In the first veto override of the Obama administration, Congress enacted the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA), a law that will allow September 11 victims and...
View ArticleThe Moral Foundations of the Insurance Mandate
By Tina Rulli* Republicans’ new plan to replace the Affordable Care Act ditches the health insurance mandate, the requirement for individuals to purchase health insurance or pay a penalty. Instead,...
View ArticleRepealing the ACA Would be a Step Backwards in Treatment of HIV
By Mark Satta* “It was a holocaust…All of my peers died of AIDS, and I have no one to celebrate my past or my journey, or to help me pass down stories to the next generation. We lost an entire...
View ArticleRepeal of Dodd Frank Act-Heralding a new financial crisis?
By Nicolas Deising* & Nihal Dsouza** The Dodd Frank Act is considered to be the most ambitious and far reaching legislation regulating the financial sector since the Great Depression of the 1930’s....
View ArticleRepublican Bill Would Make it Easier for Employers to Access Your Genetic Makeup
By Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.)* When scientists started the process of sequencing the human genome, it began to unlock limitless advancements in medicine that were and remain virtually unparalleled...
View ArticleThe Equal Rights Amendment: Making Our Union More Perfect
By: Ally Coll & Michelle Kallen In January 2020, Virginia became the 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). Thirty-eight should have been the magic number: Article V of the United...
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