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Going from Democracy ... to Plutocracy ... and Now to Kleptocracy Jun. 05, 2024

Jim Hightower

One group of oppressed Americans has become especially outspoken this election year, contending that... Read More

Hey, Mr. Chief Justice, Game Over! May. 24, 2023

The Raffel Ticket

Chief Justice John Roberts has long proclaimed his commitment to the Supreme Court's institutional l... Read More

The Lie of Shareholder Hegemony Oct. 12, 2022

Jim Hightower

Attention, class! Here's our word of the day: "hegemony." The word describes a situation in which so... Read More

How a Clerical Error Made Corporations 'People' Jul. 27, 2022

Jim Hightower

There's a historic date, which our country ought to mark every year, that has had as great an impact... Read More

The Corporate Conspiracy on The Court Jun. 08, 2022

Jim Hightower

Usurping the fundamental rights of women to control their own bodies. Authorizing corporate giants t... Read More

Should Judges Always Honor Crusading Liberal Media? Apr. 23, 2021

Tim Graham

New York Times Supreme Court reporter Adam Liptak recently sounded the alarm with a headline that re... Read More

Biden Wants To Amend Constitution To Limit Political Speech Jan. 13, 2021

Terence Jeffrey

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos — whom National Public Radio called in December "by far the wealthie... Read More

Biden Wants To Amend Constitution To Limit Political Speech Jan. 13, 2021

Daily Editorials

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos — whom National Public Radio called in December "by far the wealthie... Read More

'But Gorsuch' Is Still Trump's Best Argument Jul. 03, 2020

David Harsanyi

This week, the Supreme Court struck down a Montana constitutional provision barring religious school... Read More

Happy Anniversary to Citizens United Jan. 24, 2020

David Harsanyi

Ten years ago, the Supreme Court overturned portions of a federal law that empowered government to d... Read More

Schumer Calls for Amending First Amendment to Limit Political Speech Aug. 01, 2019

Terence Jeffrey

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D.-N.Y., has determined there is too much political speech in ... Read More

Patience and Secrecy in the Kochs' Complex Conspiracy May. 02, 2018

Jim Hightower

In 1933, a handful of wealthy Wall Streeters were upset that the newly elected president, Franklin D... Read More

The Roberts Court Has Been a Free Speech Champion Jul. 27, 2017

Steve Chapman

Barack Obama had his share of poor decisions and outright failures. One of his worst moments came du... Read More

Clinton Is a Threat to the 2nd Amendment -- and the 1st Oct. 23, 2016

Steve Chapman

Donald Trump is a clear menace to our democratic form of government, the rule of law and my James Ma... Read More

Undermining Our System Oct. 21, 2016

Mona Charen

Because of what came later — Donald Trump's refusal to say whether he'd accept the results of ... Read More

Words Versus Deeds Oct. 11, 2016

Thomas Sowell

Donald Trump's gutter talk about women shows yet again that he is bad news. The problem is that Hill... Read More

Free the Documentary: Support Citizens United Oct. 02, 2016

Debra J. Saunders

Hillary Clinton has promised that in her first 30 days as president she will propose a constitutiona... Read More

The Man Who Drowned Democracy With 'Sewer Money' Jan. 22, 2016

Joe Conason

This week marked the anniversary of the Citizens United decision, which exposed American democracy t... Read More

How Much 'Free Speech' Can You Buy? Oct. 28, 2015

Jim Hightower

In today's so-called "democratic" election process, Big Money doesn't talk, it roars — usually... Read More

Superrich Donors Turn Our Democracy Into Their Plutocracy Aug. 12, 2015

Jim Hightower

Once upon a time in our Good Ol' US-of-A, presidential contenders and their political parties had to... Read More