NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—April 7, 2014. A majority of Americans support marijuana legalization — yet not one sitting governor or U.S. senator supports it, according to a New York Times piece. Marijuana prohibition is a disastrous failure. 43 years after President Nixon launched the “war on drugs,” the U.S. arrests 650,000 people[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)-April 4, 2014 — The U.S. Coast Guard’s long-awaited report on the 2012 grounding of Shell Oil’s Kulluk drill rig near Kodiak Island, Alaska underscores the serious threats posed by drilling in the Arctic Ocean, the Natural Resources Defense Council said. The 152-page report said Shell’s reckless and failed attempt[Read More…]

New York–(ENEWSPF)–April 3, 2014.  In response to the Senate Intelligence Committee’s vote to declassify parts of a report that details and condemns the CIA’s post-9/11 torture program, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: “We are pleased that the Senate Intelligence Committee voted to declassify portions of its[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 3, 2014.  The US Senate Intelligence Committee’s vote to declassify part of its report on Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) detention and interrogation is an important first step toward public accounting of torture by the United States, Human Rights Watch said today. The committee on April 3, 2014, voted[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 3, 2014.  Today, the Senate Intelligence Committee voted to send the executive summary of a report detailing the CIA’s “enhanced interrogation programs” to President Obama for declassification. The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law is encouraged by the committee’s effort to bring much-needed transparency to[Read More…]

AFT’s Weingarten: With this ruling, the voices of everyday Americans have gotten squashed again.” WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—April 2, 2014. Statement by American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten on today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, striking down critical limits in our nation’s federal election laws on the[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2014.  Today, the U.S. Supreme Court voted in McCutcheon v. FEC, the most critical campaign finance case since Citizens United, to strike down overall contribution limits, known as aggregate limits. The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law released the following statement from President Michael Waldman: “Today’s Supreme Court decision rejects[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2014. The Supreme Court made one of the most undemocratic and corrosive decisions in history with the Citizen’s United ruling. Today, it has dangerously broadened its skewed view of money in politics. By striking down individual aggregate limits on First Amendment grounds, the Court has further tilted[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—April 2, 2014. Today, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in favor of coal executive Shaun McCutcheon’s effort to overturn aggregate campaign contribution limits. Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune Released the Following Statement in Response: “The Supreme Court’s decision today in McCutcheon v. FEC fundamentally contradicts the values that[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2014.  After the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion in McCutcheon vs. FEC, Mary Kay Henry, President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), issued the following statement: “This ruling is an unwelcome sequel to the Supreme Court’s 2010 ruling in Citizens United which will further erode[Read More…]