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Attorney General Eric Holder Must Reject Whitewash of Torture Findings

February 22, 2010

Common Cause calls on Attorney General Eric Holder to reject the whitewashing of an internal Justice Department ethics review of former Bush Administration lawyers who authored memos that paved the way for torture of terror suspects, and to stand by the report’s original findings and recommendations.

The Department of Justice’s internal watchdog, the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR), late Friday released a long-awaited report that concluded that legal advice provided by John C. Yoo and Jay S. Bybee, who worked in the Office of Legal Counsel, constituted professional misconduct and warranted possible disbarment. But Associate Deputy Attorney General David Margolis, who was in charge of the final recommendations, softened it and said neither lawyer should face discipline or disbarment.

 

New Polling: Voters Demand Response to Citizens United and to Problem of Big Money in Politics

February 8, 2010

Voters are disillusioned with Congress and concerned about the influence of special interests on their elected officials, according to a national survey conducted by the bipartisan pair of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research (D) and McKinnon Media (R). The poll was released today by campaign finance groups Change Congress, Common Cause, and Public Campaign Action Fund.

Supreme Court Ruling in Citizens United Creates Political Crisis

January 21, 2009

The Supreme Court of the United States handed down a decision today that will enhance the ability of the deepest-pocketed special interests to influence elections and the U.S. Congress, said a pair of leading national campaign finance reform organizations, Common Cause and Public Campaign. The decision in Citizens United v. the Federal Election Commission, which overturned the ban on independent expenditures by corporations, paves the way for unlimited corporate and union spending in elections.

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