Wertheimer Op-Ed: “The Return Of The King”
By: Fred Wertheimer, President, Democracy 21 This week, Chief Justice John Roberts and his band of five other Republican-appointed Supreme Court Justices restored the king […]
Press Releases Archive
SCOTUS Immunity Decision Is Shameful And Destructive Of The Rule Of Law
|Press Releases |Immunity Supreme Court TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellStatement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer “Our democracy has been dangerously harmed by its misguided decision.” When the Supreme Court, last December, following a […]
From The Watergate Era’s “Suitcases Filled With Cash” To Today’s Billions In Secret Campaign Money
|Press Releases |Campaign Finance Reform Money In Politics Watergateby Jackie Howell“If money is buying influence and results over government policies, then most Americans are shut out, because the campaign finance system is dominated by people […]
D21 Endorses Government By The People Act, Which Would Create An Innovative Way To Finance Campaigns And Lessen The Big-Money Stranglehold On Elections
|Press Releases |Campaign Finance Reform Money In Politics Small Donor Matching Systemby Jackie HowellRepresentative John Sarbanes (D-MD), joined by Representatives Joe Neguse (D-CO), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), and Chellie Pingree (D-ME), recently reintroduced the Government By The People Act, which […]
Trump, A Jury Of His Peers, And The Roberts Court
|Press Releases |Citizens United gerrymandering Supreme Court TrumpWatch Voting Rightsby Jackie HowellIn an op-ed published Monday on Medium, Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer discusses last week’s conviction in New York of former President Donald Trump on all […]
The Supreme Court Fails Country In Its Inexplicable Failure To Issue Timely Opinion On Trump Immunity
|Press Releases |Immunity Supreme Court Trump Trials TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellStatement Of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer “There is no excuse for taking so long on a case that has such importance to the country.” […]
D21 President Fred Wertheimer On Bipartisan Efforts In The Senate To Address The Problems Posed By AI
|Press Releases |AI Election Integrityby Jackie HowellDemocracy 21 applauds the bipartisan effort underway in the Senate to develop public policies to address the dangerous problems posed by Artificial Intelligence (AI). This […]
Jennifer Rubin In The Washington Post: Judge Cannon Plays “Catch And Kill” With Trump Classified Docs Case
|Press Releases |Mar-a-Lago Documents Trump Trials TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellStacking the deck for Trump means endangering national security. Judge Aileen Cannon seems determined to kill the criminal Mar-a-Lago classified documents case facing former President […]
E.J. Dionne Jr. In The Washington Post: “A Crisis Moment” – SCOTUS’s Republican Bias Hangs Over Trump Immunity Case
|Press Releases |Immunity Supreme Court Trump Trials TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellAs members of the Supreme Court’s “6-3 conservative majority ponder how and when they will rule on Donald Trump’s absolute immunity claim, they should understand […]
What To Know About Trump’s Immunity Argument Before The Supreme Court
|Press Releases |Immunity Supreme Court Trump Trials TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellOn Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Donald J. Trump v. United States regarding former President Trump’s request to be granted […]
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