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May 19, 2009

Fixing California Finances — Ignore The Voters!

California is not a well-governed state. But for a long time, I heavily blamed the voters on that one. After all, they did stupid things like voting for a $9B bond issue to start a high-speed rail line in the middle of a horrendous deficit.
But perhaps I spoke too soon. [...]

Posted By: Brad Warbiany @ 5:35 am || Permalink || Comments (1) || TrackBack URI || Categories: Democracy, Economics, Fiscal Policy, Petitions
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March 11, 2009

Nader Scores Big Court Victory for Third Party Candidates

It’s not often that I sing the praises of unsafe-at-any-speed Ralph Nader, but his recent legal victory is worthy of such praises.
“LOS ANGELES, March 9 /PRNewswire/ — In a significant move for open-election laws, the U.S. Supreme Court today rejected an attempt to overturn a federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision that the [...]

Posted By: Stephen Littau @ 10:46 am || Permalink || Comments (2) || TrackBack URI || Categories: Activism, Ballot Access, Constitution, Democracy, Election Law, Elections, Equal Protection, Free Speech, Freedom, Freedom of Association, General, Government Regulation, History, Human Rights, Independents, Individual Rights, Legal, Petitions, Politics, Strategies For Advancing Liberty, The Bill Of Rights, Theory and Ideas
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