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Researchers Question Health Value of Organic Food

Read this AP story. Here's an excerpt: Patient after patient asked: Is eating organic food, which costs more, really better for me? Unsure, Stanford University doctors dug through reams of research to find out — and concluded there’s little evidence that going organic is much healthier, citing only a few differences involving pesticides and antibiotics. […]

President Obama Says He Could Support a Constitutional Amendment to Overrule Citizens United

As explained here, President Obama recently posted to the on-line community reddit that he could support a constitutional amendment to overrule the Supreme Court's controversial 2010 Citizens United ruling that unleased corporate campaign spending as never before. Here's what the President said: Money has always been a factor in politics, but we are seeing something […]

Eminent Domain and the Fight to Save Underwater Homeowners

We have previously posted about the use of eminent domain as a tool for saving the homes of people whose mortages remain underwater as a result of the mortgage meltdown and the effects of the economic depression (go, for instance, here and here). Now, read this article by Ben Hallman about the political (and possibly […]

Distributor of Magic Machine That Melts Away Your Fat Threatens Libel Claims

by Paul Alan Levy Many groups at Public Citizen issue hard-hitting reports, but we are scrupulous about reviewing reports about particular companies and individuals to ensure their accuracy, not to speak of avoiding the prospect of libel litigation.  This was certainly true with respect to letters to the FDA back in July, asking why it […]

Supreme Court grants defendant’s petition about federal jurisdiction over state class actions

Today, the Supreme Court granted a petition that asks whether the named plaintiff in a class action filed in state court can prevent removal of the case to federal court under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA) by filing with the complaint a “stipulation” that states that the class will not damages of […]