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Rob Hager is a public-interest litigator who filed a Supreme Court amicus brief n the 2012 Montana sequel to the Citizens United case, American Tradition Partnership, Inc. v. Bullock, and has worked as an international consultant on legal development and anti-corruption issues.
(2 comments) SHARE Thursday, January 28, 2016 "Hillary the Pragmatist vs Bernie the Dreamer" is "Big Lie" Propaganda
Sanders has been very clear that no significant reform is possible under our current corrupt political system, which he intends to reform. Clinton supporters. by telling us that only "pragmatic" incremental reform will be possible in a Clinton presidency. are telling us they are expecting Clinton to perpetuate the current plutocracy.
SHARE Saturday, December 19, 2015 Who's Spoiling Now? The Obama Factor in Undermining Sanders' Superior Electability (Series, PART 2)
Obama is a factor in the 2016 election both because of the disputed reason for disappointing his former supporters, and because he is responsible for the anti-Sanders DNC leadership who he should immediately replace.The good news is that if Independents will hold their nose and participate in the Democratic primary process Sanders will be the next president. Series: Who's Spoiling Now? (2 Articles, 2227 views)
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, December 18, 2015 Who's Spoiling Now? Polling Indicates That Democrats Underrate Sanders' Superior Electability at Their Peril: PART 1
Despite scandalous neglect by mass media and predictable opposition from big money, Bernie Sanders is the #1 favorite of the majority of voters. A defective run-off process disguises this fact behind a partisan primary curtain where Sanders loses to Clinton 2-1. Democrats, 30% of voters, don't know that Sanders runs decisively ahead of Clinton against Republicans and are even more ignorant of their respective qualities.
(4 comments) SHARE Monday, April 21, 2014 Why Does the Massachusetts Governor Support the Supreme Court on McCutcheon?
This open letter asks the honorable governor to explain why he or anyone else should "respect the authority of the Supreme Court to make those decisions," like McCutcheon or Citizens United. Both were extreme examples of legislation from the bench in violation of the Constitution's separation of powers. A politician who refuses to defend the Constitution in the tradition of FDR violates the oath for public service.
(16 comments) SHARE Saturday, April 5, 2014 The Plutocratic Jurisprudence of the Roberts 5: Episode VII
In McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission the Supreme Court majority gifted plutocrats with its seventh decision since 2006 that legalizes political corruption. To get beyond soundbites and to better target strategy for overturning the whole jurisprudence of plutocracy, this article drills into the details of the Court's reasoning. The article also surveys other relevant comments about the decision.
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, October 19, 2013 McCutcheon: Plutocracy is Corruption
McCutcheon is another test case of the kind constructed by plutocrat-interest types to topple the few walls still standing in the ruins of America's election integrity. More important than the ultimate decision of the case by the Supreme Court is the government's new argument to defend one of those walls still standing: A plutocracy "run of, by, and for those" few who buy its policies is a corrupt system by definition.
SHARE Friday, August 23, 2013 Obama vs. Snowden: "Parsing the Presser" Series, Part 3
Obama's proposals are designed not to change Obama's program but solely to deflect demands for such change by winning the PR offensive, which turns--as do all Obama's similar deceptions--on Mencken 's famous gambling tip that "no one" has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people.