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To take the sleaze out of judicial elections, ethics rules should bar lawyers who contribute money to judges from practicing before those judges

[…] the CEO of a corporation, a party to a West Virginia Supreme Court appeal, who made contributions and expenditures totaling $3 million in support of a candidate for a Supreme Court judgeship who, following his election, voted with the court majority in favor of the CEO's company. The US Supreme Court is considering whether […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 3, 2009
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The SEC should go forward with a rule requiring corporations to publicly disclose their campaign contributions.

[…] (by liberals) and credited (by conservatives) with unleashing anonymous political contributions by corporations? Republicans embraced the decision, which, while permitting independent corporate spending, also emphasized the need for disclosure as a check on corporate influence. Now, however, conservatives support only one-half of the Citizens United ruling: their commitment to the principle of disclosure, it […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
May 14, 2013
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The Press Goes Full Donner Party

[…] As shocking as this finding is to anyone with even a glancing exposure to how journalism works—and specifically how making up facts is a career-ending, mortal sin for any reporter—it’s right in line with similar recent findings, and with the tenor of our times. President Donald Trump continues to actively promote his false […]
- Press Freedom
August 8, 2018
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Texas open meeting law supported by FAC amicus stands

[…] ended, Avinash Rangra remained an active plaintiff in the case. In dismissing the case, 16 judges held Rangra lacked the proper standing to sue, The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP) reported today. Earlier this week, FAC filed our own amicus brief written by Rex Heinke and Teresa Wang of the LA […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
September 11, 2009
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Supreme Court to hold oral argument in FAC case this Wednesday at Boalt Hall. Be there!

[…] is being held, not at the Court’s courtroom, but at the UC Berkeley School of Law, Room 215, Boalt Hall. FAC Board member James Chadwick is arguing for FAC. FAC’s co-plaintiff, UCLA Professor Richard Sander, will be represented by LA attorney Jean-Paul Jassy (who recently wrote an amicus brief for FAC in a defamation […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
October 7, 2013
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Super Bowl Score: Cop Overtime $6.3 Million, Taxpayers 0

[…] City hosted "Super Bowl City." And the big losers were not just the Carolina Panthers, they were San Francisco taxpayers, whose elected representatives threw a big party for the billionaire owners of the National Football League. Those are the revelations from public records produced by the San Francisco Controller’s Office in response to Public […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
April 14, 2016
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Sunshine Week Event: Inside the Fight for Public Information

Sunshine Week 2021: Join us for a discussion on navigating barriers to public records and fighting for open government Update: Check out the event recap. The coronavirus pandemic has made accessing public information more challenging than ever, with some governments refusing to even respond to requests for public records. Yet news organizations across the […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
March 2, 2021
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Senator Lieberman calls for misguided internet censorship, but the marketplace of ideas demands that free speech flourish.

[…] individual user would be devastating to the internet. Yet the Senator has hinted, and many top technology-policy experts are concerned, that he might attempt to write an exemption to Section 230 that would require censorship in some cases. Does Mr. Liebermann really believe that if YouTube censors them, there won’t be any more Islamic […]
- Free Expression
June 3, 2009
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Secrecy surrounding public employees’ pay & benefits makes mockery of democracy

[…] come before them---issues that dwarf all others by orders of magnitude---those same elected officials revert to total secrecy. I am referring to decisions on compensation and benefits for public employees--which, for most cities and counties in California, consume north of 80 percent of all government spending. Regardless of one’s party affiliation or views about […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 24, 2015
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SCOTUS is about to bring down hammer on public sector unions. That will be good for democracy, not so good for freedom of speech.

[…] positions with which they may disagree, constitute "coerced speech" in violation of the first amendment. The Court’s prior cases have permitted these arrangements as necessary to pay for collective bargaining activities---which benefit union members and nonmembers alike---subject to the proviso that nonmembers must be able to obtain a refund for overtly political activities, like […]
- Free Expression
January 20, 2016