Links
Test-Taking
Tips
Improving
Your Objective Test-Taking Skills
Test
Taking Skills
Strategies
for Answering Multiple Choice Questions
News
Sources
Real Clear Politics
Internet Public
Library - List of Online Newspapers by country
Nettizen -
Online Directory of Newspapers from around the world
Opinion
Pages.com - Links to Opinion Pages from around the country organized by
state
Cartoons
from Roll Call Magazine
CBS
News
CNN News
C-Span.org - Schedule and
Information
MSNBC.com
Nando Times
- Political News (Run by the same people who own the Raleigh News and
Observer
New York Times - free
registration required
Newsweek
Magazine - Entire magazine online plus archives
PBS - links
to TV shows with transcripts from shows
Raleigh News and
Observer
Roll Call Magazine -
Newspaper of Capitol Hill
Political Cartoon
- great index of political cartoons from around the country
New
York Times Index of Cartoons (free registration required)
Scotus Blog - Analysis and links to stories about teh Supreme Court
Time Magazine - Entire
magazine online plus archives
USA Today
U.S. News
and World Report - Link to entire edition of this week's magazine and
archives
Washington
Post - entire paper online daily, search archives for past two weeks
Washington Times
Links to Newspapers
in North Carolina
The Asheville Citizen-Times
The Charlotte
Observer
The Durham Herald-Sun
The Fayetteville
Observer
The Greensboro News-Record
The Raleigh News
and Observer
The
Wilmington Star Observer
The Winston-Salem Journal
The Daily Tarheel
(UNC- Chapel Hill)
The Chronicle (Duke
University)
More
links to North Carolina Newspapers
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Political Sources
Politics US - Everything
you need is here: links to the latest political stories, polls, campaign
blast E-mails and press releases, ads, and pundit analysis. You'll also
find links to all the candidates' web sites and state by state links on
political news and websites for each state. You can do your one-stop political
browsing here.
ABC's
The Note - A daily compendium of what's going in the world of politics.
Who is going where and saying what along with some trenchant insider punditry.
A must stop for political afficionados.
NBC's First
Read - NBC's The Note wannabe site. It does the same thing as The Note,
but without as much snarky humor.
C-Span
- links to all the campaigns and some video of campaign appearances
US Elections Atlas
- Great site with data from every election: electoral maps and even "What
if" scenarios
Political
Information.com - links
Center
for Politics: Crystal Ball Predictions - A Professor of Political Science
offers his predictions for the elections.
Open Secrets.org -
find out all sorts of information about candidates and how much money
they're receiving from whom and from where.
Real
Clear Politics - Index to links to news stories about politics from around the
nation
Politics1.com - Great
Source with links organized by ideology
A
Guide to Internet Sources on Political Science
Project
Vote-Smart
Thinking
on the Web: What's Right, What's Left
Citizens Against
Government Waste
Common
Cause Laundromat - Find information on donations to politicians
Members
of the Supreme Court
Quick Facts on
the United States Congress
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Conservative
Sites
US Conservatives
at About.com - Links to sites and issues
American Enterpriese Institute
- Think Tank
Lucianne.com - Site where
conservatives post articles of the day with their commentary
CNS.com - Conservative
News Service with links to stories
ConservativeHQ.com
- Site run by Richard Viguerie with links to news stories
Claremont
Institute - Conservative Think Tank
The Federalist
- online weekly magazine to look at the news from a Constitutional conservative
point of view. You can sign up to have it e-mailed to you. Conservative
links on policy issues.
GOPUSA - Online news from
Republican perspective
Issues 2002: The
Candidate's Briefing Book - From the Heritage Foundation Issues and Information.
Pick an issue and download a chapter from their e-book
John Locke Foundation
- North Carolinal Think Tank with information on local NC stories and
issues
Media Research Center
- Media criticism from the right
National Review
- Online Magazine with toppical articles that change daily
News and Views -
Conservative Blacks with articles on policy issues
Weekly Standard
- Conservative Magazine
Independent
Women's Quarterly - Conservative Women's Think Tank
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Liberal
Sites
US Liberals at About.com
- Links to sites and issues
Turn Left.com
- links from a leftist slant
ACLU - Information on issues
from a liberal perspective
The American Prospect
- Magazine
Americans for Democratic
Action - Think Tank
The Brookings
Institution - Think Tank
Center for Economic and Policy
Research - Think Tank
Counterpunch - Online
Newsletter
Daily Howler - Media
Criticism from the left
Democrats.com - Organization
with commentary
Economic Policy Institute -
Think Tank
Fairness and Accuracy in
Reporting - Media Criticism from the left
Institute for Policy Studies
- Think Tank
In These Times -
Magazine
Liberal International
- Organization
The Nation - Oldest
Weekly Magazine
People for the American Way
- Liberal Think Tank
Policy Action Network
- Project from American Prospect Magazine
The Progressive -
Magazine
Progressive Review - Links
to stories and issues with leftist slant from around the world
Truth Out - Online Newspaper
with links to other liberal organizations
Z Net - Online
Magazine with links to stories from the left
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The
Constitution, Supreme Court and Legal Issues
The
Founders' Constitution - fantastic site with primary sources organized
by parts of the Constitution
United
States Supreme Court Collection - Biographies of current members
The
First Amendment Center - lots of links to issues and cases arising
out of the First Amendment
Exploring
Constitutional Law - fantastic sets of links to all sorts of issues
and cases
Signers
of the American Constitution - National Archives site with biographies
of everyone who signed the Constitution
Cornell
Supreme Court Site - Searchable Site of Supreme Court Cases: search
by topic
Supreme
Court Cases - Summaries of the main issues and the decisions involving
important Supreme Court Cases
Famous
Constitutional Cases - selected links to significant cases
Abortion
Law Homepage - History of abortion and the Supreme Court
Oyez
Page - Search for Supreme Court Cases
FindLaw
Constitutional Law Center - Documents relating to the Constitution
and early US history, Supreme Court decisions
FindLaw
First Amendment Cases - Index of Supreme Court cases dealing with
issues arising from the First Amendment
Religious
Freedom Cases - Summary of cases regarding the Establishment Clause
and Free Expression Clause
First
Amendment Cyber Tribune - Site devoted to issues arising from the
First Amendment
American
Civil Liberty Union - Page has links to issues such as abortion, racial
equality, AIDS, student rights, women's rights, etc. The ACLU has a decidedly
liberal slant but the information is good
Students'
Rights - American Civil Liberties Union page with information touching
on issues relating to students
The
Freedom Forum - Information on issues dealing with freedom of the
press
Justice
Web Site - Devoted to Supreme Court rulings on Capital Punishment
American
Civil Liberties Union and the Death Penalty Info - Links to articles
and sites about the Death Penalty
Justice
Learning - Civics Education site run by NPR and the New York Times
Famous
Trials - information about some of the most famous cases in American
history; they also have trivia games on famous cases and the Bill of Rights
James
Madison: Godfather to the Constitution - article from Early America
Review
Web
Guide to the Constitution - Links to articles on the Web about the
Constitution tied to the specific article or amendment
The
US Constituiton.Net - Wonderful site with answers to Frequently Asked
Questions (over 90), relation to current events, in depth discussions
of selected topics, searchable
The
Constitution of the United States: Its Sources and Applications- great
site on the history, hyperlinks, explanation of issues connected to the
constitution, landmark cases
A
More Perfect Union - history of the constitutional convention
Washington
Post - Links to articles from the newspaper dealing with Supreme Court
issues
Guide
to the Supreme Court - Information on history of the court, procedures,
current cases and justices
Virtual
Supreme Court - University of Pennsylvania Law School page with online
discussion of the term limits case
Court
TV Online - Information about cases that Court TV is following including
many that deal with constitutional issues
The
Missing 13th Amendment - Interesting historical find and interpretation
of its implications
Constitutional
Issues: Suite 101 - Links to sites that deal with constitutional issues
Constitutional
Trivia Quiz - Jeopardy style game
Who
Wants to Marry a Founding Father? - Answer a series of questions and
see which founding father would suit you the best.
Guide
to Wacky Cases - Information to weird, humorous cases and they're
all real
Dumb
Laws - List of the stupid laws states have passed
Dumbest
Things Ever Said in Court - Real life stupidity
Funniest
Lawyer Jokes
Outrageous
Lawsuits - real lawsuits that people have filed
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Supreme
Court Nominations
How Appealing - Invaluable
blog that links to every article out there relating to the federal courts
including nominations
News Google - Your one-stop shopping
place for finding articles published in the media in the past few days.
Just type in your search term and you'll find hundreds of articles. Try
putting in a few of the terms we've discussed and you'll find articles
that include those terms. Google is a wonderful thing.
Washington
Post Special Reports - Stories aggregrated by subject. Click on the
Supreme Court link
Campaign
for the Courts - Washington Post Blog about Supreme Court Nominations
Confirmthem.com - Conservative
blog that mostly opposes Miers' nomination, but has links to other blogs
and articles.
Bench Memos - Blog from
National Review Online, a conservative site that is opposed to the Miers
nomination
TalkLeft.com - Discusses legal
issues from the liberal point of view. Click on the link to posts about
Harriet Miers or John Roberts
SCOTUS Blog - Discusses
issues that come before the Court including nominations
Presidents
C-Span
- Find out out over 50 historians rated the presidents. Click on "Overall
Results" to find out how the presidents rate or pick individual presidents
to find how they rated on a list of 10 qualities.
WSJ
Ranking of the Presidents - The Wall Street Journal's ranking of the
presidents with articles on overrated and underrated presidents
Index
of US Presidents - great site with lots of information on the presidents
grouped by category
Lists
of US Presidents - Information on presidents grouped by subject area.
Presidential
Trivia
Which
Presidents the Presidents like - article with several interesting
quotes of presidents on other presidents
Rating
the Presidents is Bunk - article criticizing the trend of finding
the greatest of anything
POTUS:
Presidents on the Internet - Lots of information on election results,
cabinet members, significant events during our 43 presidents' terms
Members
of the President's Cabinet - List of President George W. Bush's Cabinet
Presidents
on the Net - Links to everything you could ever want to know about
the Presidency and specific presidents
EC
Online - Everything you need to know about the Electoral College and
a defense of the system
Outline
of American History - Biographies of all the Presidents
Useless
facts about the Presidents
The
White House Page
- biographies of all the presidents and information about the White House
The
American Experience: The Presidents - information on selected 20th
century presidents
The
American Presidency - Grolier online encyclopedia links about presidents
POTUS:
Internet Public Library on Presidents - links to biographies, documents,
audio and video files.
Grolier's
Encylopedia on the Presidency - Articles about the power of the presidency
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Congress
United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
House Committees
Senate
Committees
Republican
Senate Committee Chairmen for the 108th Congress
Democratic
Senate Committee Ranking Minority Members for the 108th Congress (scroll
down)
Thomas Information
from the Library of Congress about legislation and the U.S. Congress,
including full text of legislation, bill summaries and status
Index
of Bills being considered by House committees sorted by committee.
Roll Call - The newspaper
about Congress
The Hill - the other
newspaper about Congress
C-Span
YourCongress.com
- information on Congressmen, plus a power rating for each member
of Congress.
List
of Senators up in 2004.
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Match
Your Ideology
There are all sorts of
quizzes of political ideology on the web. They are of varying quality
and reliability. Some of them have an agenda to steer respondents one
way or another. Some are just not written that well. Some are just plain
wacky. Be aware of all this as you take the quizzes. Despite these caveats
- the quizzes can be a lot of fun.
Ideology
Survey - Mrs. Newmark's survey that you can
print out
The
Pew Research Center - Find out where you fit in on their typology
scale.
I Side With Quiz - Allows you to decide how much an issue matters to you and to write different choices.
Which Political Party Do You Belong To? Youth Leadership Initiative
Political Party Quiz - Answer just a few questions and see where you on the ideological spectrum and how different demographics fit into that spectrum.
PBS Political Party Quiz
The Political
Compass- Find out where you belong on the conservative/liberal and
authoritarian/libertarian spectrum
How liberal or conservative are you?
I Side With - figure out which candidate is closest to your views
The Nolan Chart - Answer ten, rather detailed questions and find out where you are on an ideological chart.
Vote Match Quiz - you can pick which candidate is closest to you on issues.
The World's
Smallest Political Quiz - Ten questions and you're done. This is a
libertarian site.
How
liberal or conservative are you? - The quiz will generate code for
you to put on your own website if you have one. But you can still use
the results to figure out where you stand.
Libertarian
Purity Test - Find out how libertarian your views really are. I am
a 37, in case you're interested. My husband is a 39. Obviously, all the
cool people need to be in that range.
Are you a Socialist or a Capitalist?- rather a simplistic quiz, but still entertaining
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Simulations
The
War Room - Make decisions in a presidential campaign from The American
President Series from PBS
National
Budget Similation - See how you would balance the budget
Junior
Scholastic: If You Were President - See if you can balance the budget
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Polls
Center
on Policy Attitudes - Links to all major polling organizations
The Gallup Organization
The Polling Report
The Roper Center
Real
Clear Politics - Summary of results from lots of polls
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Issues : The Nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh
General Overview
Searchable database on Supreme Court nomination hearings since 1970
Profile of Judge Brett Kavanaugh from SCOTUSblog
Live blog of day one of confirmation hearing
Live blog of day two of confirmation hearing
Live blog of day three of confirmation hearing
Live blog of day four of confirmation hearing
Senate Judiciary Committee website You can click on the individual senators for their websites and search what they said about Judge Kavanaugh Members of the Judiciary Committee
Documents on the Kavanaugh nomination posted by the Senate Judiciary Committee
Kavanaugh on the Issues
Judge Kavanaugh on the Fourth Amendment
Kavanaugh on presidential power: Law-review article on investigations of sitting presidents
You'll Hate this post on Brett Kavanaugh and Free Speech
Kavanaugh and Freedom of Expression
Judge Kavanaugh and Justice Kennedy's Free Speech Legacy
Judge Kavanaugh on law and religion issues
Kavanaugh and the Second Amendment
Judge Kavanaugh on Administrative Law and Separation of Powers
What Trump's Supreme Court Pick Could Mean for States' Rights
What Brett Kavanaugh Means for States
Kavanaugh, Trump's Supreme Court Pick, Could Trigger Shift on Guns
Indirectly inferring Kavanaugh's position in abortion cases
In major abortion ruling, Kavanaugh offers clues of how he might handle divisive issue on the Supreme Court
Leaked Kavanaugh Documents Discuss Abortion and Affirmative Action
Judge Kavanaugh and the environment
The Role of the Judiciary in Maintaining the Separation of Powers: speech by the Honorable Brett M. Kavanaugh at the Heritage Foundation
Judge Kavanaugh on work law
Judge Kavanaugh's record in criminal cases
Expect Kavanaugh to shift the court rightward - how far no one knows
Defense of Kavanaugh
A Compendium on the Kavanaugh Nomination from the Ethics & Public Policy Center
Brett Kavanaugh and the Mueller Investigation: What Do His writings Really Say?
Schumer and Durbin's Baseless Attacks on Kavanaugh on Subpoenas and Investigations
Kavanaugh's Papers Don't Help Trump Avoid Indictment
Does Brett Kavanaugh Want to Overrule United States v. Nixon? Not So Fast
The Free Speech Record of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, Parts One from the Institute for Free Speech
Part II: More on Judge Brett Kavanaugh on Campaign Finance Opinions from the Institute for Free Speech
Part III: Judge Brett Kavanaugh Joins Pro-Speech Opinion Upholding Rights of Protesters
Setting the Record Straight: A Response to the CLC's Attacks on Judge Kavanaugh
The Kennedy Seat: Judge Kavanaugh's Record on the First Amendment - from the Institute for Free Speech
Brett Kavanaugh's proven dedication to religious liberty
Judge Kavanaugh's Record on Religious Liberty
Judge Kavanaugh's Fight for Stronger Jury Rights by Orrin Hatch
Distorting Kavanaugh's Judicial Record
On Kavanaugh and Health Coverage: The Sky is Not Falling
Abortion-Rights Groups Smear Kavanaugh and Undermine Judicialy Neutrality
Contraception Confusion: Judge Kavanaugh and Priests for Life
What to Make of Kavanaugh's ABA Rating
Selective Reporting on Kavanaugh's Environmental Record
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh piled up credit card debt by purchasing Nationals tickets, White House says - report in Washington Post
Attacks on Kavanaugh
Will Kavanaugh Provide Cover for Trump?
Brett Kavanaugh Once Argued That a Sitting President Should Be Above the Law
Kavanaugh's Refusal to Recuse Himself From Mueller's Cases Tells You Everything You Need to Know
Kavanaugh has an Unsettling Reocrd on Democracy from the Campaign Legal Center (CLC)
Kavanaugh Could Narrow Ban on Foreign Money in Elections
Brett Kavanaugh, Who Has Ruled Against Campaign Finance Regulations, Could Bring an Avalanche of Big Money to Elections
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh lauded late Chief Justice Rehnquist for dissenting in Roe v. Wade and supporting school prayer
Leaked Email Shows Kavanaugh Questioned Whether Roe was "Settled Law"
Brett Kavanaugh Repeatedly Ruled in Favor of the Security State, Most Recently for the CIA -- and Against Me
Brett Kavanaugh Refers to Birth Control As 'Abortion-Inducing Drugs' at Confirmation Hearing
Judge Kavanaugh could give conservaitives the vote they need to rein in EPA rules on climate change
So No One's Going to Ask Brett Kavanaugh How He Got Into Massive Debt by Allegedly Buying Baseball Tickets?
The Precedent Respecter Has Logged On: Brett Kavanaugh says he follows every Supreme Court precedent. Don't believe him
Brett Kavanaugh Is Cherry-Picking the Cases He Says Count as Precedent
I Wrote Some of the Stolen Memos That Brett Kavanaugh Lied to the Senate About: He should be impeached, not elevated
The Politics of the Kavanaugh Nomination
Democrats Zero In on Kavanaugh's Defense of Presidential Power
Kavanaugh is Pressed on Knowlege of Bush-Era Disputes
Schumer: Trump picked Kavanaugh because he's worried about Mueller probe
The Character Assassination of Brett Kavanaugh
Theater of the Absurd Has Taken Over the Senate
Kamala Harris Wins the Democrats' Kavanaugh Primary
Kavanaugh Supreme Court hearings showcase Republican partisanship, hypocrisy - USA Today column by former Democratic Senator Al Franken
Damning Calls for Judge Brett Kavanaugh's Impeachment Come from Author of Stolen Memos
Newly Released Emails Show Brett Kavanaugh May Have Perjured Himself at Least Four Times
What About Those E-mails? Background on Senator Leahy's line of questioning about allegedly stolen e-mails and documents from the Senate Judiciary Committee
What were in those memos? 'Most of Buh's nominees are Nazis' - those memos Patrick Leahy griped about were damning to the Democrats
Twitter Thread refuting allegations of Kavanaugh perjury on #Memogate
Another Twitter Thread refuting allegations of perjury on memos
Twitter Thread refuting "perjury" claims against Judge Brett Kavanaugh re: NSA surveillance
Twitter Thread refuting "perjury" argument against Kavanaugh and the Bill Pryor Nomination
Issues : The Nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch
General Overview
Searchable database on Supreme Court nomination hearings since 1970
Profile of Neil Gorsuch from SCOTUSblog
SCOTUSblog live-blog of confirmation hearings
What Could Gorsuch Mean for the Supreme Court? - 13 top legal scholars weigh in, a symposium by Politico Magazine
Round-up of responses to the Gorsuch nomination at SCOTUSblog - lots of links
"Of Lions and Bears, Judges and Legislators, and the Legacy of Justice Scalia - Judge Gorsuch's speech in honor of Justice Scalia
What to Ask Neil Gorsuch at His Confirmation Hearing - article by Ilya Shapiro of Cato, a Libertarian THink Tank
Nine Questions for Neil Gorsuch by Ramesh Ponnuru
Questions for Judge Gorsuch by George Will
Neil Gorsuch: Scalia Without the Scowl
Ignore the attacks on Neil Gorsuch. He's an intellectual giant - an a good man by Professor Robert P. George of Princeton
Why Liberals Should Back Neil Gorsuch by Neal K. Katyal, Solicitor General under President Obama
For Moderate Democrats, Judge Gorsuch Is as Good as It Gets by E. Donald Elliott, Yale Law professor
In Judge Neil Gorsuch, an Echo of Scalia in Philosophy and Style
Trump Nominates Gorsuch to Fill Scalia Vacancy - Profile on Scotusblog by Amy Howe
PBS Newshour videos on Neil Gorsuch: Gorsuch promises independence from politics, Senator Grassley on Judge Gorsuch, What to expect from Neil Gorsuch's confirmation hearings - panel discussion
Documents from the Senate Judiciary Committee
Gorsuch on the Issues
A Jeffersonian for the Supreme Court by Jeffrey Rosen, law professor at the George Washington University
Neil Gorsuch: An Eloquent Intellectual by Michael McConnell who served on the Tenth Circuit with Judge Gorsuch on Gorsuch's principles of interpretation, Freedoms of Speech and Religion, executive power
Report from the 11/9 Coalition on Judge Gorsuch on the following issues: The Fourth Amendment/Criminal Law/the Death Penalty; Immigration; the Second Amendment; Establishment Clause and Religious Liberty; Separation of Powers and the Administrative State (Chevron) - The 11/9 Coalition is a non-partisan, grassroots organization working for the protection of civil liberties and the rule of law
Gorsuch on Religious Freedom
Judge Gorsuch and Religious Liberty
Gosuch's Key Rulings on Hobby Lobby and Executive Power - CNN
In Gorusch, Trump gave the Democrats a gift. They Should Take It by Radley Balko
Gorsuch's judicial philosopy is like Scalia's - with one big difference by law professor Jonathan Adler on Gorsuch and administrative law
Higher Justice - by Adam J. White in The Weekly Standard looking at Gorsuch adn administrative law
Judge Gorsuch and Administrative Law by Ed Whelan of National Review
The Roots and limits of Gorsuch's views on Chevron (administrative law) - Scotusblog
Judge Gorsuch's First Amendment jurisprudence
Gorsuch and the Fourth Amendment
Gorsuch on euthanasia and assisted suicide - and abortion
Gorsuch on separation of powers and federalism
Judge Gorsuch on civil rights
Gorsuch on abortion, religion and reproductive rights
A Return to Constitutionalism - by Richard Reinsch and Greg Weiner of Liberty Law Site on Gorsuch's views on the Administrative State and Chevron deference
Here's what you need to know about SCOTUS nominee Neil Gorsuch - by Damon Root at Reason, a libertarian blog, on administrative law, the Fourth Amendment, and assisted suicide
What Justice Gorsuch Might Mean for the Second Amendment in National Review, a conservative journal
Neil Gorsuch on criminal defendants and the rule of law
Gorsuch on RFRA and the rights of prisoners
Gorsuch Not Easy to Pigeonhole on Gay Rights, Friends Say - NY Times
Judge Neil Gorsuch on Overcriminalization - a 2013 speech by Gorsuch
Judge Neil Gorsuch on libel law, the media, and the Aryan Brotherhood
Gorsuch Would Bring Conservative Bona Fides to Labor Cases
Gorsuch and Freedom of the Press - Report by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
SCOTUS pick Neil Gorsuch has troubling views on judicial review by libertarian law professor Ilya Somin
Liberals and Lawsuits - a 2005 article for National Review written by Neil Gorsuch
American Bar Association gives Judge Gorsuch their highest rating - "Well Qualified"
Why Gorsuch Should Remain Reticent on Roe
Conservatives on Gorsuch
Neil Gorsuch: A Worthy Heir to Scalia - by Ramesh Ponnuru at the National Review, a conservative journal
Democrats Still Don't Understand the Supreme Court - by Alexandra DeSanctis at the National Review
Democratic Hysteria Over Gorsuch is Predictable Posturing - by Carrie Severino of the Judicial Crisis Network
People for the American Way's Feeble Attacks on Gorsuch - response by Ed Whelan of National Review to the post by Elliot Mincberg linked below
American Bridge: Too Stupid for Words by Ed Whelan of National Review to the report by American Bridge PAC linked below
'Occupy' Law Professor's Empty Attack on Gorsuch by Ed Whelan of National Review in answer to Professor Zephyr Teachout linked below
Left-Wing Letter Against Gorsuch Part I and Part II - response by Ed Whelan of National Review in answer to the letter by the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights linked below
Common Cause's Chicken Little - response by Ed Whelan to Common Cause's Karen Hobert Flynn column linked below
Liberals Have No Case Against Gorsuch by Ramesh Ponnuru
ConfirmGorsuch.com - a conservative site established by Judicial Crisis Network to support conservative judicial nominees
Conservative, Religious, Pro-Life Leaders Praise Trump's SCOTUS Nomination
Originalism and Unpopular Outcomes: A Reply to Cass Sunstein by Michael Ramsay of the Originalism Blog in response to the Sunstein column linked below
Originalism, living constitutionalism, and outrageous outcomes by Ilya Somin in a response to Cass Sustein's column linked below
ACLU's Disabled Review of Gorsuch - by Ed Whelan in response to ACLU's Claudia Center's column linked below
Gorsuch's Test: 3 Legal Issues that Divide Conservatives by Ramesh Ponnuru on deference to legislatures, states, and administrative agencies
Tea Party Patriots mobilize to support Gorsuch's Supreme Court nomination
America Rising Squared on Judge Gorsuch - conservative super PAC to advance conservative policies
Conservatives Groups Unite to Push Neil Gorsuch's Confirmation
A Great Legal Pen by John O. McGinnis
Ethics and Public Policy Center on Judge Gorsuch
A Supreme Successor to Justice Scalia by Ed Whelan
The Left's Smear of Gorsuch
Another oblivious critique of Neil Gorsuch on Originalism by Randy Barnett
Euthanasia Advocates Seek to Stop Gorsuch
Setting the Record Straight on Gorsuch and Disabilities
Religious Liberty isn't a Government Privilege by David French
The Times publishes a bizarre story about Neil Gorsuch
Liberals on Gorsuch
The Gorsuch Record - a report by Alliance for Justice, a liberal activist group dedicated to opposing conservative judicial nominees
Alliance for Justice Fact Sheets on Neil Gorsuch
A "Disastrous" Choice for SCOTUS - statement by Nan Aron, president of Alliance for Justice
Stop Gorsuch - site by People for the American Way, a liberal activist group dedicated to opposing conservative judicial nominees
Neil Gorsuch: Too Extreme for the Supreme Court - report by American Bridge Pac, a liberal organization
The coutry deserves a compromise Supreme Court nominee. Neil Gorsuch isn't one - by Ezra Klein at Vox.com, a liberal super PAC oppsing Republicans
Gorsuch's Approach to the Law Would Make Him a Dangerous Justice - by Paul Gordon at People for the American Way, a liberal activist group
Neil Gorsuch's light record on abortion still has pro-choice groups worried - by Emily Crockett at Vox
How Neil Gorsuch could rein in regulators like the EPA and the FCC - by Timothy B. Lee at Vox
A Threat to Democracy by Karen Hobert Flynn of Common Cause
Neil Gorsuch, the Nominee for a Stolen Seat - editorial by the New York Times
The Dissents of Judge Neil Gorsuch: Far to the Right and Out of the Mainstream - by Elliot Mincberg of People for the the Amerian Way
#StopGorusch: Trump's Nominee Would be a Nightmare for Women by Katie O'Connell at People for the American Way
Neil Gorsuch an 'Unacceptable Nominee Who'd Put Ideology Above the Constitution - Statement by People for the American Way
Originalists Put Politics Over Princple - by Cass Sunstein
Neil Gorsuch sides with big business, big donors, and big bosses - by Fordham law professor Zephyr Teachout
Human Rights Campaign Report: Gorsuch is Wrong for the LGBTQ Community, Supreme Court
Why Neil Gorsuch Likely Believes It's Perfectly Fine to Ban Gay Sex by Michelangelo Signorile
Neil Gorsuch's Disturbing Reocrd on LGBTQ Rights by Mark Joseph Stern at Slate with a countering response by Ernie Haffner
Who is Neil Gorsuch? What you need to know about Trump's extraordinarily conservative nominee for the Supreme Court - by Ian Millhiser at ThinkProgress - a liberal site
Supreme Court Nominee Neil Gorsuch Has a Troubling History When Ruling on Disability Cases by Claudia Center of the ACLU
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights letter to Senators Grassley and Feinstein to oppose Judge Gorsuch
Activists Urge Democrats to Step Up Resistance to Gorsuch Nomination
My Opposition to Neil Gorsuch is Personal - editorial concerning Gorsuch's book on euthanasia
There is No Principled Reason to Vote against Gorsuch - editorial by a Democratic lawyer who knows Gorsuch
Gorsuch's Adherence to Originalism Should Keep Him from SCOTUS - National Law Journal (requires free registration)
Gorsuch backed minimum standard for disabled kids
Gorsuch has Web of Ties to Secretive Billionaire - New York Times story
The Case against Neil Gorsuch by Dahlia Lithwick (about his positions on religious freedom)
The Politics of the Gorsuch Nomination
The Senate Judiciary Committee - You can find links to the members of the committee here
Senate Judiciary Committee Documents on the Nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch including the questionnaire and appendices that he filled out
Meet the 10 Democrats Who Face a Tough Vote on the Supreme Court - Time Magazine
Democratic Class of 2018 Key to Gorsuch Supreme Court Fight - Roll Call
Democrats' Quandary on Gorsuch: Appease the Base or Honor the Process - New York Times
Old confirmation playbook may not apply to Gorsuch - column by Curt Levey of FreedomWorks and the Committee for Justice, conservative groups
Supreme Court nominee Gorsuch says Trump's attacks on judiciary are 'demoralizing'
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Issues: Campaign
Finance Reform
Information
about Citizens United v. FEC
Listen
to the Supreme Court hearing of the case
Video
report from Newshour with Jim Lehrer - about 15 minutes - this is
a good summary of issues involved and how the hearing went
Media and Politician Reaction to the ruling on Citizens United
Blog and Media Reaction to the ruling on Citizens United
More blog and media reactions to the Citizens United ruling
Report
on the hearing from Scotusblog
Report
on the hearing from Politico
Argument
preview: Corporations in politics - Summary from Scotusblog
'Hillary
movie' case: courtroom drama - article by Tony Mauro for the First
Amendment Center
Supreme
Court to Revisit 'Hillary' Documentary - NY Times article
"Lots
of buzz, but does FEC have a shot?"
"Hillary
movie case could change campaign finance"
Harvard
Law School Supreme Court analysis: in free speech and campaign finance
debate, is precedent passé?
Arguments
in favor of Citizens United
What
is Wrong with Hillary: The Movie? - column by a former commissioner
on the FEC
"Banning
books?" - column by the former head of the FEC
"Corporations
are People Too" - another column by the former head of the FEC
"Free
Speech For Corporations"
"Let Citizens
United Speak!"
"Where
is All This Corporate Corruption I Keep Hearing About?"
"Corporate
control or banned books?"
"Activism
in Defense of Free Speech is No Vice"
"Unfair,
Unbalanced, but Free"
"Taking
on the Book Banners" - column by George Will
"Free
Speech, Now that Speech is Free"
Arguments
opposed to Citizens United
"Corporate
free speech? Since when?"
"Campaign
Money and the Chief Justice" - Column by Stuart Taylor
"Keep
My Investments Out Of Politics"
'The
Supreme Court Gets Ready To Turn on the Corporate Fundraising Spigot"
"Should
businesses be able to give to politicians?"
"Risk
of buying offices too great"
"The
rights of corporations" - New York Times editorial
"A
Century-Old Principle: Keep Corporate Money Out of Elections"
"Five
Reasons Why Citizens United is a Truly Momentous Case" - article
from the Huffington Post
"Will
the Corporate Supremes Now Dance on Democracy's Corpse?" - article
from the Huffington Post
"Free Speech
by the Millions" - column by Howard Fineman
Stpehen
Colbert: Corporations are People Too - video
"High
Court Should Not Head the Wrong Way on Campaign Cash" - editorial
from the St. Louis Dispatch
"Corporate
Interests, Unlimited" - column by Jack Betts for the Charlotte
Observer on how a ruling would impact North Carolina
Arguments in favor
of BCRA
On
the Fifth Anniversary of McCain-Feingold - Norman Ornstein and Anthony
Corrado in the Washington Post
Int
the Wake of BCRA: An Early Report on Campaign Finance Reform in the 2004
Election - report by pro-BCRA group
Debate
Club: Has Campaign Finance Reform Failed - Online debate from October,
2004
Trent
Lott news release on the Senate 527 Reform Act
Chris
Shays news release on Senate 527 Reform Act
Statements
and Letters opposing the Pence-Wynn proposal to modify campaign finance
reform laws
Washington
Post editorial opposing the Pence-Wynn House proposal
Common
Cause - Group that supports BCRA looks at various proposals to modify
the law
Common
Cause statement supporting McCain's Senate proposal to reform 527s
Here's a New Campaign Finance Reform Plan: Just Stop - Column by Jonathan Rauch arguing that we should stay with McCain-Feingold and not tinker with it
Political Parties under the Post-McConnell BCRA - article arguing that the law has not had that serious an effect Despite Predictions, BCRA has not been a Democratic Suicide Bill - Article from 2004 by a BCFRA supporter
Flap Over 527s Aside, McCain-Feingold is Working as Planned - Article from 2004
The Supreme Court's Recent Landmark Decision on Campaign Finance Reform - article arguing that the Court made the right decision
Why the FEC Should Not Limit Contributions to Public Issues Advocacy Groups - Article arguing that the FEC should not regulate 527s
Interview
on PBS with Senator McCain on Campaign Finance Reform Myths
and Reality about the Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act of 2002
- article by Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein (requires Adobe Acrobat)
Open Secrets - site to monitor money in politics. You can look up a politician and find out who is donating money to that politician
Court Documents Show that Money Buys Influence - Editorial with evidence cited in court documents
Brennan Center - One of the Groups that was part of the fight for campaign finance reform "Not
a Danger to Free Speech" - editorial by Thomas Mann and Norman
Ornstein
Paying for Politics - Site from Bill Moyers Now; has links and background
Congressman
Christopher Shays - press releases and information
The
Brookings Institute on Campaign Finance Reform - Links from an organization that supports reform
Straight
Talk on Campaign Finance Reform: Separating Fact from Fiction - in
PDF format
Press
Releases from Senator McCain
Press
Releases from Senator Feingold
Limits
for Soft Money - editorial by Senator Russ Feingold
Campaign
Finance Reform: The Next Steps - editorial by E. J. Dionne
Will
Campaign Finance Reform harm Political Parties - column by Thomas
Mann
Documents
in favor of Campaign Finance Reform - from the Brennan Center for
Justice
Letter
in favor of campaign finance reform by political science professors
- in PDF format
Mitch
McConnell's myths about the constitutionality of Campaign Finance Reform
- (in PDF format - Adobe Acrobat required)
New
Law follows Supreme Court Ruling - requires Adobe Acrobat
Contribution
Limits don't hamper Electoral Competition
Arguments opposed
to BCRA
On
the 5th Anniversary of McCain-Feingold - Essay from Cato Institute,
April, 2007
Debate
Club: Has Campaign Finance Reform Failed - Online debate from October,
2004
Should
the FEC regulate blogging? - Article with a modest proposal
Podcast
with Bradley Smith - How Campaign Finance Laws Pervert Politics and why
John McCain Won't Shake his Hand
Pass
Pence-Wynn so we can fix coordinated expenditures - Editorial endorsing
a GOP-backed House proposal to change BCRA
Statement
from the Vice Chairman of the FEC supporting the House Pence-Wynn
proposal
Letter
supporting the House proposal to reform BCRA
Report
opposing the Senate 527 Reform Act
Statement
opposing the Senate 527 Reform Act
Editorial
opposing the Senate 527 Reform Act
Campaign
Finance Regulation: Faulty Assumptions and Undemocratic Consequences
by Bradley A. Smith
CATO Links on Campaign Law - Think Tank that opposes Campaign Finance Reform from a Libertarian perspective
Why
Swift Boat Veterans for Truth Can't be Regulated - Argues that 527s
are a perverse but acceptable consequence of Campaign Finance Reform
Panel
Discussion on the Supreme Court Decision - includes comments by Kenneth
Starr
Campaign
Finance Reform and the First Amendment - Congressional Testimony by
Bradley A. Smith
McCain-Feingold:
A Showcase for the Mega-Rich - Editorial from the Wall Street Journal
Mchael Munger's testimony before Congress on how the bill will affect political parties
Interview
on PBS with Senator Mitch McConnell about Campaign Finance Reform
Report
of speech by Kenneth Starr opposing BCRA
A
Reform that Endangers Free Speech - editorial by By Nadine Strossen,
Ira Glasser and Laura W. Murphy
ACLU Press Briefings on Campaign Finance Reform and Free Speech including an argument against regulating 527s
The Farce of Campaign Finance Reform - Links to lots of negative editorials Healthy
Campaigns, Democracy are Compatible - by Mitch McConnell
Center for Individual Freedom - Links to press releases supporting repealing all or part of BCRA Muzzling
'Soft Money' - editorial by George Will
Why
Campaign Funders Do It - editorial by George Will
Campaign
Finance "Reform" - editorial by George Will
Let
the Sun Shine In - editorial by Charles Krauthammer
Americans for Tax Reform - links to editorials and press releases against McCain-Feingold
Has Campaign Finance Reform made Incumbents Unbeatable - Editorial from the University of Wisconsin paper
Campaign
Finance Reform Won't Work - editorial by James Glassman
How
Not to Reform Campaign Finance by James C. Miller
"Top
Ten Myths about Campaign Finance Reform" - article by Todd Gaziano
John
McCain, Call Your Office: Why McCain-Feingold won’t work - by Tod
Lindberg
Money
and Politics by Tod Lindberg
Hoover Institution: Campaign Finance Site - Conservative Think Tank
Political
Money: The New Prohibition by Annelise Anderson
Trillion
Dollar Loophole: Why the media loves campaign finance reform - editorial
by Ann Coulter
Testimony
on Campaign Finance Reform by Ira Glasser of the ACLU (2000)
Testimony
on Campaign Finance Reform by Bradley A. Smith (1997)
The
Moneybags Rule - article by Arthur F. Fergenson
Making
the World Safer for Incumbents by John Samples
What
part of "no law" doesn't Congress get? by David Henderson
Soft Money and Politics - Article by James Q. Wilson
ACLU
Statement on Campaign Finance Reform
Fatal
Flaws in the Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act - requires Adobe
Acrobat
Against
Campaign Finance Reform - Utah Law Review article by Kathleen Sullivan.
Requires Adobe Acrobat
The
Tao of Dick Gephardt
Campaign
Finance Reform and the First Amendment - in PDF format
National Center for Policy Analysis - Public Financing of Campaigns
James
Madison Center Analysis: New McCain-Feingold Bill Contains Multiple Provisions
That Violate First Amendment Rights of Average Citizens To Participate
in Political Process - press release plus the full report (you need
Adobe Acrobat to download the full report)
Testimony
before Congress against the Campaign Finance Reform Bill - press release
with link to download the full testimony in Adobe Acrobat
Rediscovering
our political freedom - speech by House Majority Whip, Tom Delay
The
ACLU's list of links against campaign finance reform
Campaign
Finance Reform: the Good, the Bad, and the Unconstitutional - article
from the Heritage Foundation by James Bopp, Jr.
The Liberal Assault on Freedom of Speech - Article that includes Campaign Finance Reform as an argument against liberals
Informational
United States
Senate - Find a senator
United States House of Representatives
- Find a representative
House
Proposal to modify campaign finance reform laws to remove limits,
opposed by pro-BCRA groups (referred to as Pence-Wynn)
Senate
Proposal: 527 Reform Act to modify campaign finance reform laws;
sponsored by John McCain and supported by pro-BCRA groups
Summary
of 527 Reform Act the proposal that McCain supports to address 527s
Summary
of the House Proposal of the 527 Fairness Act (Pence Wynn)
Supreme
Court Page on the BCRA with links to the briefs, etc.
Financing
the Campaigns: A look at McCain-Feingold and its impact on the 2004
campaign
Public
Agenda: Lays out overview of the issue, polling results, and arguments
pro and con
OpenSecrets.org
- overview of the issue and links to find out who gets money from
whom
An
explanation of what the lower court's decision said and means from
Rick Hasen, a professor of election law.
Links
to the briefs and amicus briefs
Campaign
Finance Reform on C-Span - the text of the laws and how each representative
voted
Campaign
Finance Institute - Study of 527s
Hearing of Senate Rules and Administration Committee on Regulation of 527s - March, 2005; Read statements from witnesses Hearing of Senate Rules and Administration Committee on Regulation of 527s -March, 2004; read statements from witnesses Forget Howard Dean's Mouth: the Real Issue Facing the Democrats is Money - Article looking at how BCRA affected both parties in the 2004 elections, focuses on the Democrats and the impact of 527s
527
and the Campaign Finance Loophole - Explanation of the issure from
2004
A Short History
of Campaign Finance Reform in the 1970s - From the FEC
American Bar Association: Campaign Reform - Background info and pro/con arguments Debatabase - Should limts be put on how candidates raise funds: pro and con
The
First Amendment and the Limits of Campaign Finance Reform - article
by Daniel R. Ortiz (requires Adobe Acrobat)
Discussion
on PBS between Senators McConnell and Feingold on Campaign Finance Reform
Campaign Finance Institute - Symposium looking at the effects of BCRA on the 2004 elections So You Wanna Know About Campaign Finance Reform - Arguments for and against
The
Washington Post on Campaign Finance Reform - 1998 report: information,
links, news stories, and editorials
Stanford
Law Center - Lots of material on Campaign Finance Reform and the various
lawsuits pending.
Discussion
on PBS of the Constitutionality of the Campaign Finance Reform Bill
Debate
from Senators Mitch McConnell and Frank Lautenberg
Campaign
Finance Reform - definitions and explanations from the Congressional
Research Office
Public Agenda: Campaign Reform - Polling information and summaries of issues
Yahoo
news stories on Campaign Finance Reform
The
History of Campaign Finance Reform - from the Hoover Institution
Bush
v. Gore
In Favor of
the Decision
The
Continuing Controversy over Bush v. Gore an article by Peter Berkowitz
defending the decision
"In
Such Manner as the Legislature Thereof May Direct": The Outcome in Bush
v Gore Defended an article by Robert Epstein
The Professors
and Bush v. Gore - article by Peter Berkowitz and Benjamin
Wittes
The
Unbearable Rightness of Bush v. Gore - in PDF format
Bush v. Gore
- an article that is generally critical of judges making decisions like
this, but comes down in favor of the decision, barely.
Judging
the Home Crowd - an article assessing the questions asked from the
bench
Reckless
Disregard - article criticizing Vincent Bugliosi's book on the case
One
Year Later: The continuing controversy over Bush v. Gore
Tribe
v. Truth - article criticizing academic interpretations of the decision
Critical of
the Decision
Bush
v Gore: What Were They Thinking? an article by David A. Schwartz
Failure
is Impossible - great list of articles criticizing the decision
"Bandits
in Black Robes:" Why you should be angry about Bush v. Gore -
article
Decision
Casts Doubt on Legitimacy of the Presidency - article
A Draft Resolution of Congressional
Censure Against United States Supreme Court Justices Kennedy, O'Connor,
Rehnquist, Scalia, and Thomas for Their Betrayal of the American People
and the United States Constitution Displayed in the Decisions of Bush
v. Gore
A Layman's
Guide to Bush v. Gore
None
Dare Call it Treason - article by Vincent Bugliosi
The Recount
is in and the Supreme Court Loses - editorial by Jeffrey Rosen
In the Middle
In Bush v.
Gore, Supreme Court Conservatives Brought Disgrace on Their Institution
by Howard Garcia
Bush
v. Gore and the Relationship between Rule of Law and Democracy by Bo LI
The
Electoral College
Informational
Pro and Con Arguments on the Electoral College - by William C. Kimberley former Deputy Director of the FEC
National Popular Vote Compact - Wikipedia Article
Arguments at the Constitutional Convention about the Electoral College
Up-to-date count of state action on National Popular Vote
Electoral College: Preserve or Abolish? - pro and con arguments
Pros and Cons of the Electoral College
Argument For and Against the Electoral College
The Electoral
College - by FEC member, William C. Kimberling (in PDF format) - the entire document with the history of the Electoral College
How the Electoral
College Works Today
U.S. Electoral College - National Archives History and FAQs
List
of Resources on the Electoral College
What
is the Electoral College and how does it work? - from CNNfyi
Colorado
Weighs Proportional Electoral Votes - USA Today article about Colorado's
plan
FAQs on the Electoral
College
Arguments in
Favor of the Electoral College and against National Popular Vote
What the Electoral College Saves US From - Dan McLaughlin
Is the
Electoral College Worth Saving? - by James Q. Wilson
The 'Excellent' Electoral College - Wall Street Journal
The Electoral College is Anything But Outdated by Larry Arnn
The Electoral College Didn't Steal the Election for Trump by James Heaney in The Federalist
The Electoral College Was Not a Pro-Slavery Ploy - Sean Wilentz in the NYT
No, the Electoral College Is Not ‘Affirmative Action’ for Rural Voters
Tara Ross in the Daily Signal
Don't Trash the Electoral College - It Works - in Investor's Business Daily
Griping About the Popular Vote? Get Over It by Charles Lane in the Washington Post
Sudden Liberal Opposition to Electora Collge Not About Democracy, but about Power by John Yoo and James Phillips
Don't Demonize the Electoral College - or the Framers - as Racist - John Yoo and
Ditch the Electoral College and Small States Will Suffer by Tara Ross
The Electoral College is an Excellent System by George Will
Hillary's Popular-Vote Win is (Mostly) Meaningless by David French
The Electoral College is Brilliant and We Would Be Insane to Abolish It - from Business Insider
Liberals who Claim the Electoral College is Racist Need a History Lesson by Kayleigh McEnany
Dump the electoral college? Bad idea, says Al Gore’s former campaign chairman by William Daley in the Washington Post
In Defense of the Electoral College by Allen Guelzo and James Hulme in the Washington Post
The Electoral College is Actually Awesome by Edward Morrissey
Killing the Electoral College is a Dumb Idea Pushed by Ignorant People by Donna Carol Voss in The Federalist
In Defense of the Electoral College: Five reasons to keep our despised method of choosing the president by Judge Richard A. Posner
In Defense
of the Electoral College by John Samples
The Heritage Guide to the Electoral College - explains how the E.C. upholds federalism.
The Electoral College Is an Excellent System by George Will
The Electoral College is Brilliant and We Would Be Insane to Abolish It - from Business Insider
Pilloring
Pillar of Political Stability by Steve Forbes (free registration may
be required)
Electoral
College Mischief - Wall Street Journal editorial against reform of
the E.C.
Math
Against Tyranny - article from Discover Magazine
Why National Popular Vote is a Bad Idea
Trash
the Compact - article against the National Popular Vote compact idea
by Pete Du Pont
Why National Popular Vote is a Bad Idea by Curtis Gans of the DNC in the Huffington Post
Electoral
College and the American Idea of Democracy - by Martin Diamond
(in PDF format)
For
the Electoral College - from Forbes.com
The
Framers' Electoral Wisdom - column by George Will
Schwarzenegger's
Veto - column by George Will against the National Popular Vote concept
Hands
off the Electoral College - article by Ron Paul
Keeping
the College: Debunking the Myths - article from National Review
GOP Electors Cite Rural Voice in Electoral College
The Electoral College is not 'Affirmative Action' for Rural Voters by Tara Ross
Statement
by Senator Patrick Moynihan
Testimony before the House Judiciary Committee by Walter Berns of the American Enterprise Institute
Testimony before the House Judiciary Committee by Judith A. Best
Arguments for the Electoral College by the Gilder Lehrman Institute
Minority View on the Direct Popular Election of the President before the Senate Judiciary Committee
The Electoral
College: Crisis Averted
National Popular Vote Compact Study: Opposing Arguments by the League of Women Voters
Six Reasons to Reject the National Popular Vote for Louisiana
Why National Popular Vote is a Bad Idea
Federalist #39 - James Madison
Federalist #68 - Alexander Hamilton
Arguments Against the Electoral College and for the National Popular Vote
Concerns with
the Electoral College
Electoral
College: An Obsolete Concept?
It is Time for the Electoral College to Ratify the Popular Vote: The National Popular Vote Project Has the Solution by Nell Minow in the Huffington Post
10 Reasons Why the Electoral College is a Problem by Eric Black
National Popular Vote Far Better than Electoral College System for Choosing Presidents, Stanford Professors Say
Time to End the Electoral College - New York Times editorial
The Electoral College Is an Instrument of White Supremacy - and Sexism by Mark Joseph Stern in Slate
It's Time to Kill the Electoral College by Paul Waldman
The racial history of the Electoral College by Kamala Kelkar
The Case Against the Electoral College is Stronger than Ever by Adam Eighen
Electoral College Belongs in 1787 by Representative John Conyers (D- MI)
These 3 Common Arguments for Preserving the Electoral College are Wrong by Robert Speel in Time Magazine
The Electoral College is the Greatest Threat to our Democracy by Jamelle Bouie
A Better Way to Pick the Next President: The National Popular Vote Compact by Karen Hobert Flynn in The Daily Beast
A Rebuttal of Richard Posner's Moronic Defense of the Electoral College by Hamilton Nolan
5 Reasons the Electoral Collge is Bad for Our Country by The Alternative Daily
Why We Should Abolish the Electoral College by Tyler Lewis
Why the Electoral College is the Absolute Worst, explained by Vox
Arguments Against the Electoral College by the Gilder Lehrman Institute
The Electoral College
Votes against Equality - article by Professors Akhil Amar and Vikram
Amar
"It's Time to End the Electoral College" - column by Katrina vanden Heuvel
"The Electoral College Has Got to Go - Timothy Noah
The
Indefensible Electoral Collge - article from Mother Jones
History, Slavery,
Sexism, the South, and the Electoral College - article by law professors
Akhil Reed Amar and Vikram David Amar (Part I of a three part series -
here is Part
II and Part
III)
Reform Options
for the Electoral College
Repairing
the Electoral College - in PDF format
Hearing
before the Senate Judiciary Committee on an amendment to change the
Electoral College in 1973
Get Rid
of the Electoral College
Fair Vote - Presidential
Election Campaign Reform - summarizes arguments against the Electoral
College and proposed reform plans
National Popular Vote
- Devoted to instituting the interstate compact against the Electoral
College
The Case for a National Popular Vote - Salon Magazine
Responses
to Myths about the National Popular Vote and refutations of pro-Electoral
College arguments
A Conservative Case for the National Popular Vote
Against
the Electoral College - from Forbes.com
The Racism of the Electoral College Mathematically Demonstrated
Reform Proposals
for the Electoral College - from Green Papers
National Popular Vote: The Recount Bugaboo by Hendrik Hertzberg
Dispelling the Major Legal Arguments against the National Popular Vote
Electoral
College Calculators
270toWin - Presidential Election Map (You can click to change the map)
CNN Electoral College Interactive
Electoral College Calculator and Map Generator - 2016
Media
Bias
Material for the Class
Debate
(Be careful - there is
a lot of stuff on the media put up by individuals writing essays or by
bloggers. They may be factual and they may not. I'm just providing you
some links to get started. You decide if the site's information is accurate.)
The
Pew Research Center: the News Media Data
and poll results from the nonpartisan organization about issues relating
to the news media
PressThink
- blog by Jay Rosen, a professor of journalism at Columbia. Not really
on press bias but lots of commentary on the press. He also provides many
links to blogs and sites that write about the media from both a right
and left perspective.
Gallup
Poll - Perceptions of the media, October 2007
Pew
Poll - Coverage of 2008 primary elections
There is a
Liberal Bias
The Media Research
Council - Group that is devoted to chronicling liberal bias in the
media every single day. Lots of information here. This is your one-stop
shopping in liberal bias theory and information.
Media
Bias Basics - A primer on bias from the MRC
Rise
and Shine on Democrats: How the ABC, CBS and NBC Morning Shows Are Promoting
Democrats On the Road to the White House - From the MRC
Newsbusters - A blog
from the MRC devoted to detailing and combating bias in the media
The
Real Media Matters - An article from National Review looking at the
links between Media Matters and Democrats
Bum
Rush - another article criticizing Media Matters and looking at the
link with Hillary Clinton
Three
Anchors Follow Obama Abroad - Washington Post article contrasting
media coverage of Obama and McCain
Oh, That Liberal
Media - A blog devoted to talking about liberal bias in the media
Times Watch - A
site devoted to talking about bias at the New York Times
ChronWatch - A site
devoted to talking about bias at the San Francisco Chronicle
Midterm
Coverage of the 2006 Congressional races - Study by the Center for
Media and Public Affairs
Ratherbiased.com
- Site devoted to exposing bias of Dan Rather
A
Measure of Media Bias - Study done by two professors at Stanford and
the University of Chicago
Bias
at Sixty Minutes - from the Media Research Council
Honest Reporting.com
- Site devoted to detecting media bias against Israel
Biased BBC
- Blog devoted to talking about bias at the BBC
Is
Newspaper Reporting of Economic Events Politically Biased? by John
Lott and Kevin Hasssett (pdf file)
There is
No Liberal Bias; In Fact, There is a Conservative Bias
Media Matters - Site
devoted to exposing conservative news bias - lots of links and stories
Fairness and Accuracy in
Reporting - Group that is devoted to chronicling bias (mostly conservative)
in the media. Lots of information here.
Media
Lies and Right Wing Bias - Check out the links
The
Conservative Advantage in Syndicated Op-Ed Columns - Report from Media
Matters
Newshounds - "We
watch Fox News so you won't have to" - blog run by researchers for
the documentary Outfoxed about Fox News.
On
The Bias - reports results that contradict the claim that conservatives
are identified more frequently than liberals in news reports.
Online
Journal - Site criticizing the media from the Left point of view
What Liberal
Bias - site for Eric Alterman's book of the same title. Check the
appendices for charts of information
TV News Lies - Site
devoted to bias protecting Republicans. Lots of links
ConWebWatch
- A site devoted to exposing inaccuracies in conservative web sites
Take
Back the Media - explores how conservatives manipulate the press
Interest
Groups
AARP
ACLU
AFL-CIO
American Bar Association
American Conservative Union
American Farm Bureau
American Israel Public Affairs Committee
American Medical Association
Americans for Democratic Action
Association of Trial Lawyers of America
The Business Roundtable
Center for Equal Opportunity
Christian Coalition
Club For Growth
Council on American-Islamic Relations
Eagle Forum
Emily's List
Environmental
Defense Fund
Family Research Council
Green Peace
Handgun Control, Inc
Independent Women's Forum
Moveon.org
NAACP
NARAL
National Association of Manufacturers
National Organization for Women
National Resources Defense Council
National Right to Life
NEA
NRA
Organizing for Action
PETA
Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers
of America
Planned Parenthood Action Fund
Public Citizen
SEIU
Sierra Club
Susan B. Anthony List - pro-life group
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Affirmative
Action
Background
Information
Samplings
from briefs filed at the Court
"So
you wanna know about Affirmative Action"
Law
schools face intense scrutiny
Face,
gender, and Affirmative Action: a resource page for teachers
Affirmative
Action and College Admissions
University of
Michigan Calculator - calculate your own chances of getting into UM
Arguments
for Affirmative Action
A
speech by an MIT professor from 1998
Affirmative Action and
Diversity Project: A Web Page for Research
Why
do we need Affirmative Action
Making
the case for Affirmative Action in Higher Education
Coalition to Defend
Affirmative Action
The
Need for Affirmative Action
Arguments
against Affirmative Action
Americans against discrimination
and preferences
Don't Do Me Any Favors:
The Case against Affirmative Action
Affirmative
Action: Playing Favorites
Arguments
against Affirmative Action
Unchain Our Schools
Affirmative
Action: What does it affirm?
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