Shannon Bream Archive

Donations to GOP presidential campaigns down despite talk of big political spending

Published March 14, 2012

In 2012, talk of Super PACs and billionaire donors may have convinced average Americans that the Republican primary candidates don't need their money -- but compared to the same time period in the 2008 race, fundraising on the presidential campaign trail is down drastically this time around.

Labor leaders, liberal groups decry corporate political spending, while unions spend big for Dems

Published March 12, 2012

The groups claim the trouble stems directly from a Supreme Court decision recognizing the free speech rights of organizations, while skeptics said the message is "an exercise in hypocrisy."

Scalia a health care swing vote? Obama administration not counting out conservative justices

Published March 05, 2012

Though Justice Anthony Kennedy is often viewed as the swing vote on the current court, the administration isn't counting out the possibility it could win its case by persuading one of the so-called conservatives.

Media faces backlash after taking swipes at candidates' religions

Published March 01, 2012

Some members of the media are facing significant backlash after taking swipes at both Catholicism and Mormonism in the context of the 2012 Republican primary race. 

Gun ownership 'very difficult' despite Supreme Court rulings

Published February 23, 2012

Law-abiding citizens find it "frustrating," "expensive" and "difficult" to obtain a firearm in the wake of the Supreme Court's ruling on restrictive gun laws.

Debate heats up over whether Kagan should participate in Supreme Court's health care law ruling

Published January 26, 2012

Her critics point to a 2010 case regarding a San Francisco health measure, in which then-Solicitor General Kagan's office filed an amicus brief touting the newly passed health care law

Anti-abortion protesters march in Washington on Roe v. Wade anniversary

Published January 23, 2012

The "March for Life" has been held every year since 1974, a year after the landmark Supreme Court ruling, and it's consistently one of the largest protests of the year in Washington

Most small businesses fear health care law

Published January 19, 2012

A new poll from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce reveals an increasingly frustrated small business community worried about the impact President Obama’s health care law may have on their bottom line.

Supreme Court Allows New Plaintiffs in Health Care Law Challenge

Published January 17, 2012

Business Group Leaders Says Obama's Recess Appointments Create 'Constitutional Crisis'

Published January 16, 2012

The President is facing a new legal challenge to three recess appointments he made to the National Labor Relations Board on January 4, 2012. Mark Mix, President of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation (NRWLDF), says the President's actions have created "a constitutional crisis."