Privacy
Take the politics out of the money
Marketplace Radio Program (American Public Media) A poll out today from Pew and the Associated Press says voters' interest this fall is…
Oct 12, 2006Jamie Court
President
Consumer Watchdog’s President and Chairman of the Board is an award-winning and nationally recognized consumer advocate. Capitol Weekly, naming Jamie to its “Top 100” list of unelected movers and shakers in California politics, wrote, “Court has made a career of battling all comers in the interest of the public, and his take-no-prisoners approach has earned him plenty of enemies.” Jamie’s latest book is The Progressive’s Guide To Raising Hell: How To Win Grassroots Campaigns, Pass Ballot Box Laws And Get The Change You Voted For (Chelsea Green, 2010).
“Americans angry about the state of their government might find in Court’s persuasive manifesto a cause for action,” Publishers Weekly writes. “With great accessibility and a fired-up attitude, Court brings his lessons in empowerment to the people.” He is also the author of Corporateering: How Corporate Power Steals Your Freedom And What You Can Do About It (Tarcher Putnam, 2003) and co-author of Making A Killing: HMOs and the Threat To Your Health (Common Courage Press, 1999). Jamie has led dozens of major corporate and political campaigns to reform insurers, banks, technology companies, oil companies, utilities and political practices. He helped to pioneer the HMO patients’ rights movement in the United States, sponsoring successful laws in California and aiding them elsewhere, and was an early champion of many of the most important consumer protections in the federal Affordable Care Act years before they were enacted. In recent years, he has led the campaign to hold California oil refiners accountable for price gouging at the pump which resulted in the toughest oil refinery regulation in America.
A frequent media commentator and op-ed contributor, Jamie is a high-profile and stalwart defender of consumers’ rights. The Los Angeles Times calls him “a tireless consumer advocate.” The Wall Street Journal writes, “He’s notorious for his dramatic, sharp-tongued attacks on the health- and auto-insurance industries, and on any politician who takes their campaign cash.” His public interest career began as an advocate for the homeless and as a community organizer. Jamie’s Alma mater is Pomona College, where he graduated with a BA in History in 1989.
Articles by Jamie Court
Privacy
Take the politics out of the money
Marketplace Radio Program (American Public Media) Members of Congress are back in their districts campaigning hard, many on the dime of lobbying…
Oct 11, 2006
Insurance
So Much Cash, So Few Votes — Less Corporate Money, More Voters;
Proposition 89 would loosen corporations' stranglehold on elections, a major factor in keeping turnout low.The Los Angeles Times Proposition 89 would start…
Oct 10, 2006
Insurance
So Much Cash, So Few Votes — Less Corporate Money, More Voters;
Proposition 89 would loosen corporations' stranglehold on elections, a major factor in keeping turnout low.The Los Angeles Times Proposition 89 would start…
Oct 10, 2006
Insurance
Finally, fair car insurance rates
Marketplace Radio Program (American Public Media) California insurers are phasing out the practice of using ZIP codes as a major factor for…
Aug 24, 2006
Privacy
Sacramento’s orgy of bagels, cocktails and cash;
State leaders belly up to the bars and buffets for their annual, unseemly special-interest shakedown.The Los Angeles Times The same special interests…
Aug 16, 2006
Privacy
Sacramento’s orgy of bagels, cocktails and cash
State leaders belly up to the bars and buffets for their annual, unseemly special-interest shakedown.The Los Angeles Times The same special interests…
Aug 16, 2006
Privacy
Lay’s legacy: Commoditize everything
Marketplace NPR Radio Program (American Public Media) Commentator and consumer advocate Jamie Court says Kenneth Lay's vision has become the operating principle…
Jul 7, 2006
Privacy
Lay’s legacy: Commoditize everything
Marketplace NPR Radio Program (American Public Media) Commentator and consumer advocate Jamie Court says Kenneth Lay's vision has become the operating principle…
Jul 7, 2006
Insurance
Bad deal for cable customers;
AT&T, Assembly Dems bill's winnersSan Francisco Chronicle AT&T is spending tens of millions of dollars on advertising, lobbying and campaign contributions in…
Jun 25, 2006
Privacy
Federal cable franchise? Bad idea
Marketplace Radio Program (American Public Media) With all the talk about net neutrality, commentator Jamie Court says we've missed another important debate…
Jun 22, 2006
Privacy
Federal cable franchise? Bad idea
Marketplace NPR Radio Program (American Public Media) With all the talk about net neutrality, commentator Jamie Court says we've missed another important…
Jun 22, 2006
Energy
Depends what you mean by ‘gouged’…
Marketplace Radio Program (American Public Media) With outrageous gasoline prices sucking the life out of the economy, why doesn't the federal government…
May 23, 2006
Energy
Big Oil limiting gasoline supply;
California pays for corporate chicaneryThe San Francisco Chronicle California oil refiners have rigged their system by limiting the number of refineries and…
May 14, 2006
Energy
Big Oil limiting gasoline supply; California pays for corporate chicanery
The San Francisco Chronicle California oil refiners have rigged their system by limiting the number of refineries and running on low inventories.…
May 14, 2006
Insurance
Top Dems contend for No. 2 post;
Insurance chief, two senators look to boost lieutenant governor's roleContra Costa Times (California) California consumer activist Jamie Court is a seasoned observer…
May 9, 2006
Healthcare
‘Hummer in every pot’ healthcare
The Los Angeles Times If California wants genuine universal health insurance, it is going to have to do the hard work of…
Apr 8, 2006