the Court made new law, 5-to-4, and each decision predictably helped Republicans win elections.
And got deeply involved in politics, did they not? They changed the entire political environment, the entire political e...
the actual operation of getting Judge Gorsuch before us has been special interest, dark money politics.
I think Judge Gorsuch's dissent is Exhibit A for why we should have Chevron deference.
What could be more involved in politics than to open this ocean of dark money that flooded into our politics?
They set up an array of benign-sounding front groups to both organize and conceal their manipulation of our politics.
It was confusing, inaccurate, and had the effect of misleading those who were not knowledgeable about the program.
what happens when the Republicans get five appointees on the Supreme Court?
I think that he has handled these hearings in a very gracious way.
Do you really think that a Supreme Court that decided Citizens United does not get involved in politics?
Stick with it because it is going away unless the judiciary breathes a little bit of life into it.
I was elected to the Senate in 2006. I was sworn in in 2007.
I think these 5-to-4 decisions are a problem.
And public confidence has crashed in government since that decision.
As to transparency, this whole dark money problem belies their assumption of transparency.
So let us go to that point, because they did say that no amount of corporate spending--none, there is no limit on the am...
Tellingly, big special interests and their front groups are spending millions of dollars in a dark money campaign to pus...
Congress can rewrite these laws. Congress can demand disclosure.
