Vermont joins 11 state coalition at U.S. Supreme Court in opposition to the Arizona immigration law
For immediate release March 29, 2012 Contact William H Sorrell Assistant Attorney General Phone: 802-828-3173 Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell, along with the Attorneys General of New York, California, and eight other states, joined a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Supreme Court arguing that U.S. immigration policy may be set only by the federal government [...]
Common Cause of Vermont hails common sense of Town Meeting voters on approving corporate personhood resolution
For immediate release Mar. 7, 2012 Contact Wally Roberts Phone: 802-262-6105 Email: wroberts@commoncause.org Voters at least 57 town meetings this year showed great common sense in approving resolutions urging Congress to pass a Constitutional amendment to reverse a U.S. Supreme Court ruling of two years ago that permits corporations to make unlimited independent expenditures in [...]
Entergy seeks $4.6 million in legal fees from state of Vermont
“I was certain it would be all of seven figures, I just didn’t know how far into seven figures it would be,” Sorrell said. “It’s a little higher than I thought.”
Vermont Attorney General files amicus brief in U.S. Supreme Court case regarding federal health care reform law
This past Friday, Vermont joined several other states in filing a brief that urges the Supreme Court to uphold the Affordable Care Act.
Justice Sotomayor says the American Dream is now harder to achieve
In a talk at Vermont Technical College, Sotomayor told stories about what it was like to grow up in the South Bronx and climb to the dizzying heights of the Supreme Court.
Ben Cohen, Jerry Greenfield and prominent Vermont lawyers challenge SCOTUS corporate personhood ruling, hold forum Nov. 29
Corporations are Persons? Get Real! How real people are reclaiming democracy after Citizens United will be held on Tuesday, November 29, at Christ Episcopal Church, 64 State St., Montpelier. This free and open-to-the public event seeks to kick-start a statewide conversation about avenues Vermont citizens and officials can pursue to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s controversial and flawed ruling. It starts at 7:00 pm.
Vermont GOP: “Doomed” data mining law passed despite warnings from Republicans
Vermont taxpayers are on the hook for $1.8 in legal fees – with more to come – for waging a futile defense of a prescription drug “data mining” law that was passed in 2007.
Hanna and Vesilind: Supreme Court doesn’t look favorably on Vermont’s David v. Goliath style arguments
In both the 2006 Randall campaign finance case and today’s Sorrell decision, Vermont compromised constitutional precision in favor of political popularity, positioning the state as David and financially powerful voices as Goliath. In both cases, the Court saw it the other way around. That doesn’t bode well for Vermont if, as expected, the Vermont Yankee legal dispute ends up before the Supreme Court.
Vermont data mining ban in doubt with Supreme Court
Chief Justice John Roberts argued that Vermont enacted the law to drive down drug prices at the expense of free speech.
Hanna: Legislature went out on a limb in data mining case
A loss will likely cost Vermont taxpayers more than $1 million. But that is the price Vermonters have to pay when the legislature passes a law that is intended to be progressive but crosses a constitutional line.
