Campaign Finance Reform
The cost of political advertising has skyrocketed in the past two decades and has played a major role in driving The League strongly supports legislation to fix the public financing system for presidential candidates and to establish congressional public financing. Escalating campaign costs drive out potential candidates and require those running for office to spend too much time raising money – too often from special interests.
» Learn more about what the League has done to support campaign finance reform. |
CEDAW
CEDAW, the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1979. The treaty commits ratifying nations to take concrete action to improve the status of women and to reverse discrimination and end violence against women in their own countries and around the world. The United States has never ratified CEDAW, making it one of the few countries to fail to do so. The League believes that the United States should ratify CEDAW.
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Civil Liberties
There are fundamental principles that guard our liberty -- from independent judicial review of law enforcement actions to prohibitions on indiscriminate searches -- that must be preserved. Basic civil liberties must be protected as the nation seeks to guard against terrorism and other threats to national security.
» Learn more about what the League has done to protect civil liberties. |
Ethics and Lobbying Reform
The last Congress passed new ethics and lobbying laws. Now is the time to ensure that the ethics process works to fight corruption and to limit the undue influence of special interest lobbyists.
» Learn more about what the League has done to support ethics and lobbying reform. |
Redistricting Reform
Redistricting reform is an issue that goes to the heart of our democratic system of government. Representative democracy depends on the voters freely choosing their elected officials. When, instead, officials choose their voters, our system cannot work for long.
» Learn more about what the League has done to promote redistricting reform. |
