That’s the premise of my latest piece at The Atlantic: Colbert’s stunt is designed to underscore the problems with these ads and the super PACs funding them, and to point out how the controversial Supreme Court decision, Citizens United, is undermining democracy. In a 5-4 decision in January of 2010, the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional […]
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What if your doctor couldn’t use scientific research about the drugs she was prescribing to you in order to ensure that you received the proper dosage of medication? What if a doctor had to navigate a complex thicket of procedural patents simply to treat her patients? Well, according to Tim Lee, the Supreme Court is […]
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“Capital punishment is the most premeditated of murders.” ~ Albert Camus After a last minute delay of the execution of Troy Davis, the US Supreme Court refused to grant Davis a stay of execution. The state of Georgia killed Davis at 11:08 PM tonight. Davis was convicted for the 1989 murder of an off-duty policeman. […]
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Troy Davis is set to be executed for a crime he did not commit next Wednesday, September 21st. Charing Ball thinks it’s time for Obama to speak up on the Davis case, and plea for clemency. Certainly the decent thing for any politician – and especially the president – to do at this point would […]
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