Commentary
Carrot and Stick Approach Needed for Homeowners in Foreclosure
Fixes to help homeowners with the foreclosure crisis: first, lifting federal restrictions on the Legal Services Corporation, and second, considering more civil counsel assistance options.
Authored by: Melanca Clark
– 03/02/10
A 21st-century ‘Lochner’
Like the Lochner v. New York decision from 1905, Citizens United is similarly driven by a particular brand of conservative ideology to achieve a certain result.
Authored by: Mimi Marziani
– 02/22/10
Justin Levitt Before the New York State Bar Association Committee on Attorneys in Public Service
Justin Levitt speaks to the NYSBA on New York’s redistricting process.
– 02/11/10
N.Y.‘s poor get the short end of the gavel: Pass a law to improve access to attorneys
NY Daily News editorial from former Manhattan D.A. Robert Morgenthau on the Hurrell-Harring case and the inadequacy of New York State’s public defender system.
Authored by: Editorial
– 02/11/10
Community Oriented Defender Network | Winter 2010 Update
Update from the Community Oriented Defender Network on recent and upcoming activities.
– 02/05/10
Campaign finance ruling reflects Supreme Court’s growing audacity
The Supreme Court on Thursday upended a century’s worth of campaign finance law. An immediate question raised by the Citizens United decision is whether this will flood elections with suddenly legal corporate money. Less understood but deeply significant is what this shows about the court and its relationship to the Obama administration and Congress.
Authored by: Michael Waldman
– 01/22/10
President Obama on the Supreme Court’s decision on Citizens United
The President makes a practical, powerful (and brief) statement on money in politics in the wake of the Supreme Court decision on Citizens United v. FEC.
– 01/21/10
Bigger Than Bush v. Gore
This decision by the Supreme Court may well dwarf in impact the results of Tuesday’s election in Massachusetts. It is breathtaking in its scope: it overturns doctrine dating back a century and laws upheld in 1990, that banned corporate managers from directly spending shareholder money in elections.
Authored by: Michael Waldman
– 01/21/10
State lawmakers’ first step must be basic reform
New York’s broken system needs some basic mending before they get down to polishing the bills. The needs for ethics and campaign finance reform are immediate.
Authored by: Ciara Torres-Spelliscy
– 01/13/10
It Isn’t Complicated: Restore the Vote to 300,000 Americans
A call to Governor Tim Kaine to use the last few days in his tenure to restore to a huge number of citizens their right to vote.
Authored by: Erika Wood
– 01/13/10