CitizenSovereignty.orgtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-2619272010-02-11T15:21:48-05:00New ways for more people to participate in political life.TypePadCitizens Unite -- Behind the Citizen Involvement in Campaigns Acttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834204fbb53ef01287791299b970c2010-02-11T15:21:48-05:002010-02-12T09:15:00-05:00Rep. David Wu (D-OR) and Bruce Ackerman propose in the Wall Street Journal on January 27 to revive the system of income tax credits for small political contributions, updated to create a fraud-proof and more user-friendly 21st century system. "The...WilliamCorbetthttp://www.citizensovereignty.com/citizensovereigntyorg/2010/02/citizens-unite-behind-the-citizen-involvement-in-campaigns-act.htmlCitizens United? If we are, then why don't we....tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834204fbb53ef0120a866a9ac970b2010-02-05T13:05:07-05:002010-02-05T13:07:00-05:00Larry Lessig describes in The Nation a three-part response to the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United that will allow certain forms of corporate spending on electioneering previously prohibited. The decision overturned two of the court's prior decisions, which were...WilliamCorbetthttp://www.citizensovereignty.com/citizensovereigntyorg/2010/02/citizens-united-if-so-then-why-dont-we.htmlAfter Citizens United: Bringing the Hatch Act up to datetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834204fbb53ef012877143326970c2010-01-26T08:54:02-05:002010-01-26T08:54:02-05:00In the wake of the Supreme Court's decision in the Citizens United case to invalidate certain restrictions on corporate spending in election and issue campaigns, Bruce Ackerman and Ian Ayres suggest in the Washington Post today that Congress can nonetheless...WilliamCorbetthttp://www.citizensovereignty.com/citizensovereigntyorg/2010/01/after-citizens-united-bringing-the-hatch-act-up-to-date.htmlMichigan and UK use Deliberative Polls to challenge politics as usualtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834204fbb53ef0120a81122c7970b2010-01-26T08:44:22-05:002010-01-26T08:44:22-05:00Over a weekend last November in Lansing, 314 Michigan residents gathered to discuss what should be done about the state's economic woes. After hearing from Governor Jennifer Granholm, they met in moderated small groups to talk, and in large forums...WilliamCorbetthttp://www.citizensovereignty.com/citizensovereigntyorg/2010/01/michigan-and-uk-use-deliberative-polls-to-challenge-politics-as-usual.htmlPower2010: Getting Candidates to Listen to Citizens -- and other new Deliberative Pollstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834204fbb53ef012876a55c19970c2010-01-04T11:29:05-05:002010-01-04T11:30:08-05:00Happy new year. If you are like me, you have had your fill of news stories on the political disappointments of the decade past. It's time to look ahead to how we will govern in the teens. A number of...WilliamCorbetthttp://www.citizensovereignty.com/citizensovereigntyorg/2010/01/power2010-getting-candidates-to-listen-to-citizens-and-other-new-deliberative-polls.htmlLessig on transparency inadequacytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834204fbb53ef0120a6376272970c2009-10-13T11:30:58-04:002009-10-13T11:32:55-04:00Lawrence Lessig writes in The New Republic on the inadequacy of transparency as a convention of good government, alluding particularly to its troublesome role in political campaign finance. "The naked transparency movement marries the power of network technology to the...WilliamCorbetthttp://www.citizensovereignty.com/citizensovereigntyorg/2009/10/lessig-on-transparency-inadequacy.html