FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | February 24, 2022 An autocracy is defined as a system of government by one person with absolute power. Evil President Vladimir Putin of Russia is an autocrat. Donald Trump aspired to be one during his presidency – and still aspires to be one. Trump sees Putin as his role model. […]
“A small donor matching system using public funds would help level the playing field and give politicians a reason to listen to ordinary voters.” — Chicago Sun-Times A small donor matching fund system for candidates running for state office in Illinois “would give candidates a reason to spend more time listening to ordinary people instead […]
Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer One of the nation’s greatest constitutional scholars and Supreme Court lawyers, former Acting Solicitor General Walter Dellinger, passed away yesterday. (Read more about his remarkable career and contribution to our nation here and here.) Walter, whom I knew for only a few years, was a friend and colleague. He was a […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | February 17, 2022 The attacks on our democracy are moving into the 2022 primary elections. New state voter suppression laws that restrict access to absentee ballots, eliminate ballot drop boxes, drop registered voters from the rolls, and reduce polling places, among other provisions, are about to directly impact voters in […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | February 10, 2022 The greatest attacks on voting rights since the days before the Voting Rights Act of 1965 began last year and continue unabated in 2022. These attacks are Trump’s Big Lie in action. Republican officeholders are passing state laws blatantly designed to diminish the ability of Democratic supporters […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | February 3, 2022 Following the defeat last month of the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act, essential voting rights legislation, by a vote of 52-to-48, a small bipartisan group of Senators turned their focus to repairing the Electoral Count Act of 1877 (ECA). This effort to develop ECA reforms […]
Reforms to the Electoral Count Act (ECA) are “needed and welcome, but they simply are not adequate to meet the current moment.” As Congress considers the next steps in the fight to move voting rights forward, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a coalition of more than 230 national organizations, and 53 individual […]
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