WATCH CAC's Elizabeth Wydra speak as a panelist at "Born in the USA?: The Historical and Constitutional Underpinnings of Birthright Citizenship," an event hosted by the American Constitution Society and the Center for American Progress on March 31, 2011.
Click here to watch the video. Click here to read a recap of the panel discussion.
First Amendment Center
Court seems to frown on Ariz. campaign regulation
By Tony Mauro
March 29, 2011
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court seemed ready yesterday to continue its work of dismantling campaign-finance laws in the name of the First Amendment, this time targeting an Arizona public-financing law that helps candidates who face rich opponents.
National Law Journal
Another campaign finance law appears ready to fall
By Marcia Coyle
March 29, 2011
A key feature of Arizona's public financing system for elections appeared to be in serious constitutional trouble on Monday at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Associated Press
Court skeptical of Ariz. campaign finance law
By Mark Sherman
March 28, 2011
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court appeared poised Monday to strike down a provision of a campaign financing system in Arizona that gives extra cash to publicly funded candidates who face privately funded rivals and independent groups.
Bloomberg
Companies Spurned as Roberts Court Withholds ‘Thumb’ From Justice Scales
By Greg Stohr
March 28, 2011
Businesses are on a rare cold streak at the U.S. Supreme Court.
In the first big campaign finance case since the U.S. Supreme Court's opinion last year in Citizens United v. FEC, the Court will hear arguments on Monday in McComish v. Bennett. McComish is a critical test for the Roberts Court. Will it tolerate, or will it kill off, Arizona's public financing law, put in place to control corporate and special interest influence over the electoral process?
National Law Journal
Court rules for 'little guys' over corporations in two business cases
By Tony Mauro
March 22, 2011
In a pair of business cases decided Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court by lopsided majorities ruled in favor of an employee in a wage-and-hours dispute, and in favor of plaintiffs in a securities class action. Corporations lost both cases.
Reason
The Business of the Court
By Damon W. Root
March 18, 2011
Liberals say the Supreme Court has a pro-corporate bias. Are they right?
Los Angeles Times
Justices have been siding with workers, underdogs
By David Savage
March 13, 2011
Although the Supreme Court is often viewed as pro-business and conservative, it has taken the other side in several recent cases. Observers call it a useful reminder that the court isn't predictable.
Reporting from Washington
The Supreme Court, often described as conservative, divided and pro-corporate, has been sounding different notes in recent weeks.
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Birthright of illegal residents' children is under attack
By Michael Matza
March 4, 2011
Twelve years ago, Lizbeth Ramos and her common-law husband, Juan, left their hometown near Puebla, Mexico, and set out on foot across the desert for the Arizona border, to slip into new lives as illegal immigrants.
He found work in a produce market in the Philadelphia area, she in a boutique. They saved up to start a family.
The American Prospect
Judge Vinson's Self-Conscious "Clarification" Order
BY ADAM SERWER | POSTED 03/04/2011 AT 02:33 PM
Yesterday, Judge Roger Vinson, in response to a request for "clarification" from the federal government, issued a stay allowing implementation of the Affordable Care Act to proceed despite having ruled the law was unconstitutional. But he wasn't happy about it.