Politics

"The Supreme Court Gets Ready To Turn on the Corporate Fundraising Spigot"
My Slate Jurisprudence column on the developments in Citizens United is now available. It begins: If Republicans were wondering how their 2012 presidential candidate is going to compete against President Obama's $600 million fundraising juggernaut, the Supreme Court seems poised...

CTJ: Tax Proposals in President Obamas FY 2012 Budget
Citizens for Tax Justice, Tax Proposals in President Obama?s Fiscal Year 2012 Budget: While the President's budget does include many laudable proposals to raise revenue, these don't come close to offsetting the revenue losses from the tax cuts that he proposes...

President Obama's 2012 Budget Proposal
President Obama introduced a 2012 budget proposal on Monday, which includes the following provisions that would affect wealthier taxpayers: An increased top rate on ordinary income from 35% to 39...

Will Obama Become A Progressive On Tax Policy After The 2012 Election
This headline, Under Obama, Taxes Are Lower Than Ever, made me wonder if President Obama has plans to be more progressive on tax policy after the 2012 election. Defenders of The Deal have argued that President Obama's motivation for agreeing to The Deal was political, which means to me concerns about getting reelected in 2012...

"In August, Obama Raised $66 Million"
The New York Times offers this report. While Obama's fundraising breaks a record, the DNC's fundraising was much more anemic, and as I've argued, the important comparison is Obama + DNC versus McCain + RNC...

Voters Split
I?m not a pollster, I don?t follow polls very closely, and I?m certainly not familiar with polling terms of art or other conventional usage. Still, I found Gallup?s recent headline rather odd, given the data it presented: U...

Is Obama a Natural Born Citien?
Philip J. Berg, Esquire vs. Barack Hussein Obama, a/k/a Barry Soetoro, a/k/a Barry Obama, a/k/a Barack Dunham, a/k/a Barry Dunham, et al

Chicago Golf Course
101 Year Old Owner Must Get $25 Million for Property

Parks Department
Chicago to pay $2 million settlement in playfield lawsuit.

Securities Fraud
Chicago Bridge & Iron agrees to $10.5 million shareholder class action settlement.