Insurance
We Dare Arnold to “Go Live”
The Gov told the L.A. Daily News recently that an Arnold Cam would be wildly popular. "If you would have a camera…
Jun 21, 2005Jamie 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
Insurance
Chamber Maid for the Chamber of Commerce
If there was any doubt that Arnold is the Chamber of Commerce's Chamber Maid, it was erased today when the Gov stood…
Jun 14, 2005
Insurance
Cooking the books?
Marketplace Radio Program (NPR) After years of running insurance giant AIG, Maurice Greenberg has tendered his resignation from the board. Greenberg and…
Jun 10, 2005
Energy
Shell Oil vindicated in refinery decision;
Too little, too late, consumer advocate saysThe Bakersfield Californian "It's kind of like getting a pardon after the execution," said Court, president…
May 28, 2005
Energy
CA Contractors & Oilman Host Texas Shakedown
According to a fundraising invitation, the hosts of Arnold's Monday night fundraiser in Dallas are Jeff Rich, the...
May 18, 2005
Energy
EXTRACTING TOP DOLLAR;
Refineries clean up, by restricting supplyPress Enterprise (Riverside, CA) The recent jump at the pump is not being caused by a shortage…
May 15, 2005
Energy
Chevron Doubles Down on LNG Bet
When ChevronTexaco announced its purchase of Unocal on April 4th, Arnold Watch noted that the purchase was a bet that Liquefied...
May 6, 2005
Energy
LA Has Chance to Lead Prescription Drug Revolution
KPCC 89.3FM Pasadena, CA If the City Council does the right thing, Los Angeles will be on its way to becoming the…
May 5, 2005
Energy
LA Has Chance to Lead Prescription Drug Revolution
KPCC 89.3FM (Pasadena, CA) If the City Council does the right thing, Los Angeles will be on its way to becoming the…
May 4, 2005
Privacy
Don’t Take the (Race) Bait
Arnold's most recent nativist remark -- praising the "Minuteman" vigilante groups who are stalking the US-Mexico border -- has certainly caused a…
Apr 29, 2005
Privacy
Junk Fax Solution
Marketplace Radio Program (NPR) Coming soon to the Senate floor, the Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2005. Consumer advocate and commentator Jamie…
Apr 29, 2005
Privacy
Junk Fax Solution
Marketplace - Minnesota Public Radio Coming soon to the Senate floor, the Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2005. Consumer advocate and commentator…
Apr 28, 2005
Insurance
OUTSIDE THE TENT; Eastie Editors Are Colonizing L.A.
Los Angeles Times The Los Angeles Times suffers from the same syndrome. The newspaper's East Coast focus increasingly comes at the expense…
Apr 24, 2005
Insurance
Eastie Editors Are Colonizing L.A.
The East Coast editorial mentality I take issue with is a high-brow view that caters to an elite intelligentsia, as opposed to…
Apr 24, 2005
Insurance
Freedom of the Press Is Not For Sale
KPCC 89.3 FM - Pasadena, CA Thinking about buying a car this weekend? Commentator Jamie Court, president of the Foundation for Taxpayer…
Apr 22, 2005
Insurance
Free Speech Is Not For Sale
Thinking about buying a car this weekend? Commentator Jamie Court, president of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, says you might…
Apr 22, 2005
Privacy
Green Building
As Arnold tours the California Environmental Protection Agency this morning to tout his "Green Building" initiative, the Gov should be challenged over…
Apr 20, 2005