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"Today's U.S. Supreme Court decision in Citizen's United vs. Federal Election Commission will significantly expand the role that the most powerful corporations play in election financing,'' said Rebecca Alper, Program Associate for the New Jersey Public Interest Research Group.
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Party Politics Cited - Ashbury Park Press (new window)
Lawmakers would no longer serve as prosecutor, jury and judge of their colleagues' ethical transactions under a measure passed by an Assembly panel Monday.
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An independent ethics committee - Star Ledger (new window)
New Jerseyans have watched a disheartening parade of politicians be investigated, indicted and sent to jail. Our cynicism worsens when we notice legislators sit on the committee that ad judicates ethics charges against legislators.
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