Fred’s Weekly Note Archive
This week, in lieu of a Fred Note, here’s a “Fred Listen”: “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 who are putting up very large sums of money.” – D21 President Fred Wertheimer There’s a corner of the […]
The Supreme Court, controlled by a Republican-appointed majority, has played a seminal role in gravely damaging our political system and our democracy. The Court majority has created a corrupt campaign finance system, undermined the nation’s ability to stop voter discrimination and suppression, and all but eliminated the ability to stop extreme partisan and racial gerrymandering. […]
For five months, the Supreme Court has been thwarting the trial in United States v. Trump, likely the most important criminal trial in American history and certainly the most important of the four criminal cases brought against former President Donald Trump. The case involves whether or not Trump is held accountable for his unprecedented attempt to overturn […]
In my more than 50 years of working to curb the influence of big money on politics and policy, I have never heard of a case where a presidential candidate asked a group of donors to raise one billion dollars for his campaign, much less to do so in exchange for favorable government policies. Yet that reportedly […]
It’s been 14 days since the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Trump v. United States, the criminal case brought against former President Donald Trump who is charged with attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election. This is arguably the most important criminal case in American history. The case deals with the alleged first attempt at […]
A clear-eyed look at the performance of four conservative Justices during the Supreme Court’s oral argument in Trump v. United States last week shows a remarkable lack of interest in former President Trump’s alleged efforts to steal the 2020 presidential election, which is what this case is about. The four Justices – Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Neil […]
Whether there is timely accountability for the only attempted presidential coup in American history now rests in the hands of nine Supreme Court Justices. The Supreme Court held oral argument this morning in Donald J. Trump v. the United States, a historic case involving the criminal indictment of the former President for his unprecedented attempt to […]
Two pending Supreme Court cases will help determine the extent to which there is criminal accountability for former President Donald Trump for his role in the unprecedented effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election and for the mob that attacked the Capitol on January 6. This week, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Fischer v. […]
“The allegations are in substance, that Donald Trump falsified business records to conceal an agreement with others to unlawfully influence the 2016 presidential election.” – Judge Juan Merchan In that single sentence, Judge Juan Merchan summed up the essence of the criminal case brought against former President Donald Trump by Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg. Judge Merchan, […]
Former President Donald Trump is less than two weeks away from his first criminal trial – the Manhattan hush money/election interference case, scheduled to start on April 15. Trump may finally have met his match in Judge Juan Merchan, who presides in this case. And, judging by Trump’s recent attacks on the judge and on […]
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