Maine Democrats Change Superdelegate System in Single Vote

Staff / Truthdig May 7, 2016 A just-approved amendment forces the state to allocate superdelegates based on caucus results. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

If We Don’t Overturn Citizens United, Congress Will Become Paid Employees of the Billionaire Class

By Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Mar 23, 2015 I recently introduced an amendment at the Senate Budget Committee. It asked my Senate colleagues to begin the process of overturning the disastrous Supreme Court ruling on Citizens United, and to bring transparency and disclosure to the political process. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Mississippi Legislators Decide When Life Begins

Staff / Truthdig Nov 5, 2011 Conservative types sure are liberal about whom, or what, they're willing to call a person. Hey, corporations are people too! And according to Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour and other like-minded state legislators, so is a fertilized egg. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Egypt Votes in Favor of Constitutional Amendments

Staff / Truthdig Mar 21, 2011 In results released Sunday evening, 77 percent of Egyptian voters have endorsed amendments to their country’s constitution that will pave the way for parliamentary elections, which the military junta said will be held in June. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

GOP Launches Final Health Care Attack in Senate

Staff / Truthdig Mar 24, 2010 If you can't beat ’em, hit ’em with a bunch of amendments they'd have a hard time opposing. That was apparently the strategy of Republicans hoping to throw a wrench into the health care reform works in the Senate on Wednesday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sanders Lets Fly at GOP Senators

Staff / Truthdig Dec 17, 2009 Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent, was far from pleased with certain of his Republican colleagues Wednesday when his attempt to add a single-payer amendment to the Senate's health care reform legislation was met with stonewalling tactics from his GOP peers. Here, he lets it rip, slamming what he calls their bid "to bring the U.S. government to a halt." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

House Readies for Mortgage Vote

Staff / Truthdig Dec 12, 2009 Homeowners facing foreclosure could get help if Congress approves a "cram-down" measure, which would give bankruptcy judges the ability to alter mortgage terms. The House of Representatives is gearing up to vote on the amendment, but it's not likely to be an easy victory by any stretch. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

California’s High Court to Rule on Marriage Ban

Staff / Truthdig Nov 20, 2008 The California Supreme Court has agreed to examine the state's recently adopted marriage ban, scheduling a hearing for March. The court will decide whether Prop. 8 was a sweeping revision or a simple amendment to the state's constitution, and whether legally married same-sex couples should suffer a blanket divorce. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Jerry Brown Says Prop. 8 Should Remain In Effect, for Now

Staff / Truthdig Nov 18, 2008 Is Jerry Brown just doing his job, or is he trying to be all things to all Californians? The attorney general said in a statement that the state's high court should review the recently passed gay marriage ban, but until then, " The public interest would be better served by allowing Proposition 8 to remain in effect ". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Logic Lessons With Sarah Palin: Gay Marriage Edition

Staff / Truthdig Oct 21, 2008 Just to go out on a limb here, doesn't supporting a constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage on the federal level represent a very real form of "judgment" about the people and relationships that are granted the official stamp of legitimacy and those that aren't? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Google Comes Out for Gay Marriage

Staff / Truthdig Sep 27, 2008 Co-founder Sergey Brin explains on Google's blog why the tech giant officially opposes California's Prop 8, a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage in the state: "While there are many objections to this proposition it is the chilling and discriminatory effect of the proposition on many of our employees that brings Google to publicly oppose Proposition 8". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Court of Radicals

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Jun 27, 2008 In knocking down the District of Columbia's 32-year ban on handgun possession, the conservatives on the U.S. Supreme Court have shown again their willingness to abandon precedent in order to do whatever is necessary to further the agenda of the contemporary political right. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )