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On Wednesday, April 30, 2025, Democracy 21 President Wertheimer received the Paul H. Douglas Award for Ethics in Government for 2025. Previous recipients of the […]
President Donald Trump started governing the country by executive order from Day One of his second term. Since January 20, Trump has issued 137 executive orders. […]
Democracy 21 joined with Campaign Legal Center and 18 other good government partners to urge U.S. Representatives to approve the board of the Office of […]
It took Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, to illustrate to Americans just how dangerous our corrupt campaign finance system can be. This system allowed […]
This op-ed is adapted from a piece that first appeared in Courier Newsroom. How The Opinions Of Two Supreme Court Justices Paved the […]
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on voting last month called Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections. Based on past performance, however, we can be […]
Senator Joseph McCarthy (R-WI) left a shameful and indelible mark on American history with his lies, vitriol, baseless attacks on innocent Americans, and “Red Scare” […]
In a letter to U.S. Representatives, the Declaration for American Democracy (DFAD) — a coalition including Democracy 21 and more than 260 organizations working to […]
The rule of law is foundational to our system of constitutional government. It is not, however, foundational to President Donald Trump, who is attacking the […]
When President Donald Trump, in one of his irrational online rants, called for the impeachment of U.S. District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg this week, he […]
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