Jun 30, 2012
N.C. Virtual Academy needs state approval A Wake County judge ruled Friday that a controversial charter school that planned to offer only online classes cannot open in August. The decision could delay the launch of any similar programs for at least a couple of years. The Cabarrus County school board, which approved the proposal 5-2 [...]
Jun 29, 2012
Even before the Supreme Court issued its ruling on NFIB v. Sebelius, the challenge to the Affordable Care Act, Fox News and CNN both announced that “Dewey Beats Truman”. And the rhetoric from the right wing has only become more wrong, more obfuscating, more incredibly uninformed. Of course part of this is just the GOP [...]
Jun 29, 2012
In a little-noticed ruling amidst clamor over the healthcare decision, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an Arizona law requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote, holding it was preempted by the National Voting Registration Act (NVRA). The law was adopted as a “model” bill by the American Legislative Exchange Council [ALEC] in [...]
Jun 28, 2012
“Further acquiescence to Koch Industries which is the main beneficiary of this environmental time bomb”–Ron In January, President Obama denied TransCanada permission to build the northern part of the pipeline from Canada to Oklahoma, saying Congress had not given him sufficient time to review the environmental impact. But at a political appearance in March in [...]
Jun 28, 2012
The NFIB is currently the lead plaintiff in the U.S. Supreme Court case NFIB v. Sebelius challenging President Barack Obama’s signature health care reform legislation in its entirety. The suit is being brought forward by the NFIB’s legal arm, the Small Business Legal Center. The NFIB legal arm’s advisory board includes Wendy Lee Gramm, who [...]
Jun 28, 2012
From Policymic by Chris Miles “In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court has ruled to uphold the individual mandate and declare Obamacare legal. “The decision is complicated and we are reading it now, but the bottom line is the entire ACA was upheld, with the exception that the federal government’s power to terminate states’ Medicaid funds [...]
Jun 27, 2012
Over the past year, much information about the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has come to light. The public learned of ALEC; model legislation, secret membership lists and denial of media access to ALEC events and meetings. A complete website dedicated to exposing “everything ALEC” has been created helping to inform about ALEC. Daily Kos [...]
Jun 27, 2012
Salt Lake City – Prior to next month’s conference of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in Salt Lake City, the Alliance for a Better UTAH has launched a statewide billboard campaign designed to educate the public on the realities of ALEC. “We have both standard and electronic billboards going up across the state, from [...]
Jun 27, 2012
from 2old2care: Former Vice President Walter Mondale, a Democrat, joined former Gov. Arne Carlson, a Republican, and former U.S. Rep. Tim Penny, a Democrat-turned third-party member, in strongly denouncing the proposed constitutional amendment on Tuesday. They said it was an unneeded attack on a fair and honest system, a cookie-cutter plan that came from a [...]
