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Summary of SCOTUS Decision on Arizona Public Financing

Read our full coverage of the Supreme Court’s decision and links to news and opinion Today Chief Justice Roberts, writing for a thin 5 to 4 majority of the Court, did no more than strike down one...

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Supreme Court Above the Law?

If reporters found evidence that President Obama had slipped out of the White House for a weekend trip with a wealthy, politically active businessman and then failed to report it or reported it...

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Will the Roberts Court Kill the Voting Rights Act?

Cross-posted with the American Constitution Society Will the Roberts Court Kill the Voting Rights Act? Speaking before a joint session of Congress on March 15, 1965, LBJ urged support for the Voting...

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Update: Supreme Conflict Continues Without Answers

Where we left off: Common Cause has been actively working on ethics issues surrounding members of the U.S. Supreme Court since January 2011, when we first raised questions about Justices Antonin...

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Common Cause Response to SCOTUS Chief on Ethics

Common Cause issued this press release earlier today in response to remarks by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts  in his year-end report on the state of the federal judiciary. Roberts alluded...

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We Were (and Are) in the Dark on SCOTUS

While we were all gone on holiday break,  Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts was busy composing his end of the year report on the Federal Judiciary.  He felt the need to “provide some...

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SCOTUS Ethics Commitment Overdue

On Monday, Common Cause along with ten other national organizations wrote to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, asking that the Court voluntarily adopt the Judicial Code of Conduct. Those with a...

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More is More With SCOTUS Ethics Transparency

A big thank you to Senators Patrick Leahy, Dick Durbin, Al Franken, Richard Blumenthal, and Sheldon Whitehouse for asking the Supreme Court to provide greater transparency about the way it handles...

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Supreme Conflict: A Play in Five Acts (so far)

It reads like a Shakespearean drama–there was even a machete-wielding bad guy! But we all know how tragedies end. “The highest Court shouldn’t have the lowest standards.” Common Cause President Bob...

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The 5 Most Absurd Quotes in McCutcheon v FEC Decision

Written by Stephen Spaulding & Arn Pearson Last week’s 5-4 Supreme Court decision in McCutcheon v. FEC was a blow to an open and vibrant democracy that stakes its legitimacy on the robust...

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