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Thursday, February 13, 2014

HOW JUDICIALIZATION OF POLITICS UNDERMINES DEMOCRACY

St. Louis Judge Cites Citizens United to Protect Tax Breaks for Peabody Energy (via Desmogblog)

With the quick stroke of a pen, a circuit court judge in St. Louis has singlehandedly silenced more than 22,000 city residents, who had sought to bring a ballot initiative to end tax breaks to fossil fuel companies to a citywide vote in April. Last…