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Arn Pearson is the Executive Director of the Center for Media and Democracy. He previously served as the Vice President for Policy and Litigation at Common Cause.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline) - Ohio Attorney General David Yost must turn over records and sit for a deposition about his office’s interaction with the Republican Attorneys General Association and a related foundation, an appeals court ruled, rejecting arguments the public records request sought information about independent outside groups.

By taking over state legislatures, Republicans hope to pass conservative amendments that cannot be electorally challenged

Conservative groups pushing for a convention of the states as a way to amend the U.S. Constitution have been spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in state legislative primaries to

Conservative groups pushing for a convention of the states as a way to amend the U.S. Constitution have been spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in state legislative primaries to elect Republican lawmakers sympathetic to their cause. Much of the money comes from groups that do not have to disclose their donors, masking the identity of who is funding the push to change the Constitution. Their goals are vague and include limiting the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and imposing fiscal restraints. No amendment to the Constitution has ever been done through a state conventi...