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On Monday morning, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling which upholds a lower court ruling, and area returning citizens are pleased by the court's ruling. Supreme Court Justices agreed with Maryland's “No Representation Without Population Act” in a summary disposition which means meaning the
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Recommendations for the Special Joint Committee on Redistricting as it seeks to assess lessons learned after the 2010 Census and to set goals for the next Census redistricting process.

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Brenda Wright
Peter Wagner
The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed Monday a lower court's ruling upholding Maryland's new congressional redistricting plan, which counts inmates as living at their last-known addresses instead of in their prison cells. But it may not be the last word on the matter. Some Republican lawmakers opposed to
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The First Amendment was never intended as a tool for the wealthy to dominate our political process.
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Adam Lioz
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J. Mijin Cha
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Elon Green
Among the biggest complaints about the financial industry is that it always seems to do well, even when disaster strikes for everyone else. Investments bankers, venture capitalists, and even stock analysts (like Henry Blodget) made millions during the dotcom boom, getting rich and then getting out
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David Callahan
The Court continued down its recent path of manipulating the rules for corporations and the one percent.
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Adam Lioz
(Flickr/JBrazito) One reason that major institutions in U.S. society end up being distrusted by Americans is that they can seem to have their own self-interested agenda that disregards the public's needs or what makes sense.
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David Callahan
Washington, D.C. – Today, the United States Supreme Court summarily reversed the Montana Supreme Court decision to uphold a state law restricting corporate spending in elections, squandering a chance to review the disastrous consequences of Citizens United.
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