Op-Eds Archive
Enclosed for your information is an op-ed entitled “The Trump Impeachment Process Began on March 4,” by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer, published here on August 12, 2019 in Just Security. Read the full piece here or below. The Trump Impeachment Process Began on March 4 Fred Wertheimer | August 12, 2019 | Just Security […]
Enclosed for your information is a piece entitled “Don’t give up on HR 1. The battle lies ahead,” by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer, published here on July 31, 2019 in The Fulcrum. Read the full article here or below. Don’t give up on HR 1. The battle lies ahead. By Fred Wertheimer | 7/31/19 […]
Enclosed for your information is an op-ed entitled, “The Man Who Ruined The Senate: Meet Mitch McConnell,” by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer, published on Medium on June 26, 2019. According to the piece: When McConnell leaves the Senate, this will be his legacy: Senator McConnell turned “the world’s greatest deliberative body” into a dysfunctional, […]
Enclosed for your information is an article entitled “Loopholes Allow Foreign Adversaries to Legally Interfere in U.S. Elections,” by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer, published here on May 28, 2019 in Just Security. According to the article: The United States has long prohibited foreign governments – and other foreign nationals, including individuals and corporations – […]
Enclosed for your information is an op-ed entitled “Unfit to Serve: The Case Against William Barr,” by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer. The piece was published here on Medium on May 23, 2019. According to the piece: Barr has repeatedly demonstrated his bias and favoritism to President Trump as Attorney General. He has made clear […]
“By pursuing an in-depth investigation and televised hearings into Trump’s wrongdoing, the House Judiciary Committee has undertaken a mission to ensure that the American people are educated by a visualized presentation about Trump’s malfeasance,” Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer writes in an op-ed on NBC News Think, published on May 4, 2019. “If the committee […]
Enclosed for your information is an opinion piece entitled “The Case for Ending Individual-Candidate Super PACs,” by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer. Read the full piece below or here. The Case for Ending Individual-Candidate Super PACs By Fred Wertheimer, Democracy 21 President | February 26, 2019 Super PACs that support an individual officeholder are the […]
Enclosed for your information is a piece entitled “The Case for a New Small Donor, Public Matching Funds System,” by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer. Read the full piece below or here. The Case for a New Small Donor, Public Matching Funds System By Fred Wertheimer, Democracy 21 President An NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll last fall […]
Enclosed for your information is an opinion piece entitled, “To end Washington corruption, officeholders and candidates must have a new way to finance their campaigns,” which was published here in The Hill on January 30, 2019. According to the piece: If federal officeholders and candidates are not provided with an alternative way to finance their […]
How to Fix America’s Broken Political System A new bill promises to protect our democracy from its enemies, but foreign and domestic. By Fred Wertheimer and Norman Eisen | January 7 | Politico Much attention has focused on H.R. 1, the comprehensive package of democracy reforms introduced on Thursday by Representative John Sarbanes (D-Md.) on […]
