Al franken latest news, breaking stories and comment. Giant of the senate author al franken is back to the. Put citizens united in the dumpster of bad ideas moveon. By a vote of 7918, senate voted to advance a constitutional amendment that would overturn citizens united. This was the first case argued by thensolicitor general and future supreme court justice elena kagan. Al franken has an entire chapter in his book dedicated to his hatred for ted cruz in his upcoming book, the senator from minnesota describes his career. Giant of the senate, he wrote that he faked the apology so he wouldnt mess up his political career. On the road against citizens united in these times. The supreme court ruling allows corporations and unions to fund electioneering ads in the runup to federal. Former bush solicitor general ted olson and first amendment lawyer floyd abrams argued for citizens united.
Rush limbaugh is a big fat idiot and other observations. Al franken says in new book that he doesnt like that. Jeffrey toobin, the new yorkers supreme court chronicler, takes on citizens united v. Two women allege al franken touched their buttocks at.
Senate after a number of democratic senators demanded his resignation. Al franken calls for constitutional amendment to overturn. Al frankens approval rating has plummeted following sexual harassment allegations thirtythree percent of those surveyed said they believed franken should step down. Justice sotomayor sat on the bench for the first time during the second round of oral arguments. Free speech for people coalition calls for constitutional amendment to overturn citizens united decision allowing unlimited corporate spending on elections. Two more women have alleged inappropriate behavior by the minnesota democrat al franken, saying he touched their buttocks during campaign events in his first run for the us senate. Before thursday, id hoped franken would run for president in 2020.
Birthplace of the citizens united decision orhan cam via shutterstock the hard truth about citizens united on the second anniversary of a terrible. A l frankens new memoir, al franken, giant of the senate, covers everything from his 15 years as a writer and performer on saturday night live to the neardeath experience of his first run for. A democratic official who has spoken to al franken and key aides says franken will resign his minnesota senate seat on thursday, the official tells mpr news. Al franken calls for a constitutional amendment to. Al franken doesnt know why he or anyone else should want to overturn citizens united. Franken wants to amend the constitution to overturn the citizens united decision. Al frankens approval rating has plummeted following. Al franken has been accused by another woman of inappropriate touching, this time while he was serving in the senate, according to a cnn report lindsey menz told cnn that she. Al frankens defense on friday during an interview for her new book, saying he should be praised for his accountability and willingness to apologize. Franken launches online petition to invalidate citizens united.
Al franken apologizes after woman accuses him of forcibly kissing, groping her by matthew daly and kyle potter the associated press posted november 16, 2017 12. Petition from senator franken trash citizens united. Senator al franken may have come from the world of comedy, but he takes freedom and liberty very seriously. Opinion im not convinced franken should quit the new. Al franken apologizes after woman accuses him of forcibly.
Al franken latest news, breaking stories and comment the. How are we going to stuff this corporations are people, elections are auctions, democracy is for sale mess into the dumpster of bad ideas. Al franken says he hates liars, per his new book al franken, giant of the senate. Giant of the senate author al franken is back to the funny al frankens humor is back at full strength in his new book, which is a memoir of the former saturday night live writers journey. In the halls of power, public citizen has represented citizens for nearly two generations through the awakening of the consumer movement. Browse the independent s complete collection of articles and commentary on al franken. Here is al frankens glorious burn of ted cruz paste. Franken fights to overturn citizens united lawrence talks to senator al franken about how he and other democrats are attempting to reform campaign finances through a constitutional amendment. That, in so many words, is what three dozen women who worked on saturday night live said in a letter supporting sen. Second, republicans did not demand, as is the case with franken, that there be any independent finder of fact. Everything wrong with the snl letter supporting al franken. As the senate continues to debate final passage of a constitutional amendment that would overturn citizens united, sen. Al franken accused by second woman of inappropriate touching. Senator al franken will make an announcement thursday morning about his future in the u.
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