I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
A new campaign finance law that would require corporations and other groups to disclose their names when airing political ads will exempt the National Rifle Association and other groups according to a deal from Congress to the NRA. The law…
Arizona political candidates who opt into the state’s public financing system lost a key weapon this week to keep pace with opponents who are heavily outspending them.
The nation’s top court issued a temporary emergency order Tuesday preventing candidates and…
Sen. Tom Udall will meet with Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan Wednesday, his office announced today. Udall, who has been supportive of Kagan, and his colleagues in the Senate will vote on Kagan’s confirmation.
Sen. Jeff Bingaman announced his support for President Barack Obama’s choice of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to replace John Paul Stevens on the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, while Sen. Tom Udall praised her qualifications without exactly saying he supported Kagan.…
President Barack Obama announced his second nominee to the Supreme Court this morning. Solicitor General Elena Kagan will face opposition from both the left and right — but that she will most likely be confirmed before August, Newsweek reports.
Republicans…
John Paul Stevens, often described as the leader of the liberal wing of the U.S. Supreme Court., announced today that he will retire this summer. Stevens, who will turn 90 on April 20, has served on the Supreme Court for…
Ten Republican state attorneys general are threatening to sue the federal government over health care reform. But beneath the headlines, press releases, petitions and donation drives that followed the historic vote in Congress, lawyers and legislators are less confident that health care reform can be repealed — much less that it can be repealed quickly.
Sens. Tom Udall, D-N.M., and Chris Dodd, D-Conn., have introduced a constitutional amendment to reverse the Citizens United Supreme Court ruling, which allows corporations and unions to spend unlimited money on independent political expenditures.
“The Supreme Court’s decision to encourage…
Sen. Tom Udall reacted to the U.S. Supreme Court case allowing corporations to spend unlimited amounts of money for or against political candidates, saying in a statement that the decision is “a victory for special interests at the…
The U.S. Supreme Court overturned decades-old law this morning that restricted corporate giving by ruling that corporations shouldn’t be constricted by money limits in what they can give to political campaigns, the New York Times reports.
Here’s an excerpt…
The Obama administration says it is settling a long-running and contentious lawsuit over royalties owed to American Indians, the Associated Press reports. Under an agreement announced today, the Interior Department will distribute $1.4 billion to more than 300,000 tribe…
If the Supreme Court abandons all campaign finance restrictions without requiring that sponsors take credit for the ads, then the often savage recklessness that anonymity breeds among those who comment on the internet will descend upon local, as well as national, politics, and infect it with the brutal drivel that people spew when they are not held accountable for what they say.
We asked our readers, via Twitter, Facebook and e-mail, what they would ask Sonia Sotomayor if they had the opportunity. Their questions focused on race and ethnicity—probably because of her own ethnicity and because one of her high-profile cases dealt with racial discrimination — but also highlighted some things we’re pretty sure the Senators won’t ask about.
The U.S. Supreme Court today exposed a central tension in the system of electing judges, which most states — including New Mexico — do.
The nation’s top court ruled that judges should recuse themselves when ruling on a case…
This week, President Obama’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has been called a “racist” by both conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh and former Speaker of the U.S. House Newt Gingrich.
But in a story on Slate,…
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to step into the middle of a dispute between the widow and son of New Mexico’s only known victim from the 9/11 terrorist attacks, KOAT-TV reports.
