…well-heeled interests. Documents obtained by The Intercept and the Center for Media and Democracy show that the National Republican Senatorial Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee are both telling…
Dark Justice
…was no more forthcoming about controversial and closely divided rulings like Citizens United, which unleashed corporate spending in elections, or Shelby County, which struck down a key component of the…
Wisconsin Lawmaker Echoes ALEC’s Call for a Constitutional Convention
…GOP-controlled legislature and the governor will appoint seven delegates to the convention, and attempts to provide for the replacement of delegates if they go off-script. Senate Joint Resolution 19 commits…
Gorsuch Confirmation Process Too Important to Rush
…campaign after coming under fire for misleading the Senate Judiciary Committee about his previously undisclosed meetings with Kislyak. Now we find out that Flynn was paid more than $500,000 to…
Read the New GOP Talking Points on Repealing the Affordable Care Act
CMD obtained the latest talking points being used by Republican members of Congress facing criticism for their attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (which is better known as Obamacare)….
Pruitt Emails Show Close Ties to the Koch-Funded ALEC
…interests that fund ALEC, including the Kochs’ Americans for Prosperity Group. The emails were obtained after the Center for Media and Democracy filed an open records lawsuit against Pruitt in…
Greenpeace Responds to National Review Piece by Richard Garneau of Resolute Forest Products
…for Forests Legal documents: Logging Company Resolute’s Lawsuits to Silence Greenpeace —- Editor’s Note: The Center for Media and Democracy is publishing this op-ed by Greenpeace USA’s Communications Director after…
Excerpts: Sessions Condemned Perjury as Impeachable Offense
…forfeit his office. For these reasons, I felt compelled to vote to convict and remove the President from office. —- A full transcript of the proceedings is available at https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CDOC-106sdoc4/pdf/CDOC-106sdoc4-vol4.pdf….
Secret Scott Walker John Doe Leak Inquiry Underway
…the bi-partisan group of district attorneys who initiated the probe to stand down, and ordered the special prosecutor to “permanently destroy all copies of information and other materials obtained through…
Reformers Call for Sessions Recusal in Russian Interference Investigations
…staffers now work in the White House. Failure of Sessions to recuse himself would undermine public confidence in the impartiality and fairness of the Justice Department, the letter concluded. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3469346-Groups-Letter-to-AG-Sessions-2-17-17.html…