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‘Big News’: Hawaii Targets Citizens United With Law Clarifying Corporations Are Not People

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Attendees hold signs as they listen to speakers during a rally calling for an end to corporate money on January 21, 2015 in Washington, DC.  (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) “The far-right Supreme Court hijacked the Constitution to let corporations spend in our elections. But we are not powerless. We… Continue reading →

What Ginni Thomas and Leonard Leo wrought: How a justice’s wife and a key activist started a movement

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Thanks to the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling, a trove of so-called “dark money” was about to be unleashed. Two activists prepared to seize the moment. Leonard Leo’s role as the central figure in the conservative legal movement has long been known, culminating in his acquisition last year of what… Continue reading →