Stories by Steven Rosenfeld

Steven Rosenfeld covers democracy issues for AlterNet and is the author of "Count My Vote: A Citizen's Guide to Voting" (AlterNet Books, 2008).

White House Shelves Executive Order For Federal Contractor Political Spending

Posted on: Apr 9, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The Supreme Court Is Ruled by Right-Wing Extremists -- Can the Court's Moderate Women Counteract Their Radical Bent?

Posted on: Apr 5, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The healthcare debate showed why the Supreme Court needs more moderate women -- and men -- on the bench.

Protesters Beware: U.S. Supreme Court Expands Invasive Strip-Searches

Posted on: Apr 2, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Anyone who might be jailed, even minor offenders, can be strip-searched.

Federal Court Rules Scott Walker's Anti-Union Crusade Unconstitutional

Posted on: Mar 30, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The Nightmare Scenario: Supreme Court Guts Public Healthcare and Guarantees the Private Insurance Monopoly

Posted on: Mar 29, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The stakes in the healthcare reform debate became larger as the justices found a new target late Wednesday.

What Happens to Health Care if the Court's Conservative Activists Just Strike Down the Mandate?

Posted on: Mar 28, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The answer—if the court does not throw out the entire law—is that quite a bit would remain

Health Care At Supreme Court, Day 3: Insurance Mandate Imperiled

Posted on: Mar 28, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Red State or Blue State America? What's at Stake Over Healthcare at the Supreme Court

Posted on: Mar 27, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Republican leaders, including those in 11 states with the highest percentage of uninsured residents, don’t want to fix our broken healthcare system.

Health Reform at the Supreme Court, Day 2: Individual Mandate In Trouble

Posted on: Mar 27, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Supreme Court Justices Appear Interested In Ruling on Obamacare Insurance Mandate

Posted on: Mar 26, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Republican Party Is Rotted and Collapsing from Within -- And We Can Thank Super PACs for Exposing It

Posted on: Mar 26, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Super PACs are an affront to the democratic process, but they are hastening the Republican Party's fall.

The Court Battle Over Health Care Is a Struggle For a Future Vision for America: 6 Things You Need to Know

Posted on: Mar 22, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The upcoming legal battle could decide the role and scope of government for years to come.

5 Freedom-Killing Tactics Police Will Use to Crack Down on Protests in 2012

Posted on: Mar 16, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Across America many cities and police forces are eyeing new ways to crack down on protesters.

Texas Sues Justice Department To Declare Voting Rights Act Unconstitutional

Posted on: Mar 14, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Citizens United Defenders Latest Tact: 2012 Spending Is Too Frugal

Posted on: Mar 14, 2012, Source: AlterNet

How an Anti-Democratic, Corporate-Friendly Pennsylvania Law Has Elevated the Battle Over Fracking to a Civil Rights Fight

Posted on: Mar 13, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The upcoming legal fight over Pennsylvania's pro-fracking law, Act 13, pits the civil rights of people against the economic rights of corporations.

DOJ Rejects Texas Voter ID Law As Biased Against Latinos

Posted on: Mar 12, 2012, Source: AlterNet

GOP Loses Big Voter Suppression Case In Federal Court

Posted on: Mar 8, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Fracking Democracy: Why Pennsylvania's Act 13 May Be the Nation's Worst Corporate Giveaway

Posted on: Mar 7, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Pennsylvania's Republican leaders have given the natural gas industry unprecedented power to overrule local government and drill anywhere.

Wisconsin Voter ID Law Ruled Unconstitutional

Posted on: Mar 6, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Lies to Congress, Domestic Spying, Torture: Why the Bush White House Must Be Prosecuted

Posted on: Feb 24, 2012, Source: AlterNet

A new book by Elizabeth Holtzman, former Democratic congresswomen, makes the case that George W. Bush and Dick Cheney should be prosecuted for breaking federal laws.

6 Pathetic Right-Wing Attempts to Defend the Indefensible Citizens United (Debunked)

Posted on: Feb 23, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The apologists are falling all over themselves to tell us not to worry.

GOP's Big Money Donors Revealed In Latest Campaign Finance Reports

Posted on: Feb 21, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Why Is the ACLU Helping the Richest Americans Buy Our Elections?

Posted on: Feb 20, 2012, Source: AlterNet

For decades, people inside and outside the ACLU have tried to get its board to moderate its campaign finance views, and new facts on the ground give them more ammunition.