Fred’s Weekly Note Archive
Today’s campaign finance system floods Washington with unprecedented levels of influence-seeking and influence-buying campaign money. It is an unfair and corrupt system. It is also an obscene system where, for example, former President Donald Trump reportedly told top oil executives they should raise $1 billion for him. In return Trump said he would, if elected, immediately reverse […]
In January 2021, two Democrats won Senate runoff elections in Georgia. This flipped the Senate and resulted in an unexpected “trifecta” – Democratic control of the White House, the House, and the Senate. That 2021 trifecta brought an important opportunity and Congress came within two Senate votes of enacting historic democracy reforms, including reforms to […]
Summer is winding down and, with the close of the Democratic Convention tonight, election season kicks into hyperdrive. With Election Day just 74 days away, we stand on the brink of what will be the most expensive and one of the most consequential elections in our nation’s history. It’s vitally important that the integrity of […]
In the last Congress, the Senate came within two votes of sending historic democracy reform legislation to President Biden for his signature. The bills were blocked when two then-Democratic Senators – Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin – joined with Republicans to prevent passage of the Freedom to Vote Act and John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. […]
The January 6 criminal case brought against former President Donald Trump by Special Counsel Jack Smith is back in federal district court with Judge Tanya Chutkan. Some thought the case was over when the Supreme Court ruled last month that a former President cannot be prosecuted for actions relating to the core powers of their […]
Today’s Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice John Roberts, is likely to go down as one of the worst Supreme Courts in American history. It is a radical Court. If you look at the nearly 20-year record of this Court since Roberts was appointed Chief Justice in 2005, you will find a rogue Court that […]
It began on July 13 with the horrifying assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania. Five days later, on July 18, Trump accepted the Republican party’s presidential nomination with a rambling 92-minute acceptance speech. It was the third time the party had nominated Trump to run for President. Then, on […]
On Monday, federal district court Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the Mar-a-Lago classified documents criminal case facing former President Donald Trump. Cannon did not rule on the merits of the case itself. The 37 felony charges brought against Trump by Special Counsel Jack Smith in June 2023 presented a powerful case that seemed “open and shut.” Instead, Cannon ruled that […]
In Trump v. United States, the last opinion of the Supreme Court’s term, Chief Justice John Roberts, writing also for the five other Republican-appointed, conservative Justices, exhibited arrogance and hubris in a shameless attempt to overrule our Founders. The Roberts opinion bestowed absolute immunity for “official acts” in some cases and presumptive immunity in others for Presidents that […]
Some Supreme Court Justices have slow walked a decision in United States v. Trump to the point where it is virtually guaranteed that former President Donald Trump’s trial for attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election will not be held before the November election. The Supreme Court case, first raised for consideration with the Court six months ago, […]
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