What In The World Was Chief Justice Roberts Thinking?
What in the world was Chief Justice John Roberts thinking when he wrote the Supreme Court’s majority opinion on presidential immunity in Trump v. United States? […]
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Blame SCOTUS — The Super Rich Flood Elections With Billions In Contributions
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |2024 Elections Campaign Finance Reform Citizens United Supreme Courtby Jackie HowellIn 1976, the Supreme Court ruled in Buckley v. Valeo that “contribution ceilings were a necessary legislative concomitant to deal with the reality or appearance of corruption inherent […]
New On Just Security: Refuting the Latest Baseless Attacks Against Special Counsel Jack Smith
|Press Releases |Election Interference Jan. 6 Trump Trials TrumpWatchby Jackie Howell“Another major factual revelation by Special Counsel Jack Smith, another attempt to discredit him without ever addressing the new facts,” Andrew Weissmann and Ryan Goodman […]
Donald Trump And His Cult Of Liars
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |JD Vance TrumpWatchby Jackie Howell“There is no vice so mean, so pitiful, so contemptible and he who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do […]
JD Vance Shows His True Colors
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |2020 Election Immunity Jan. 6 JD Vance TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellWhen Senator J.D. Vance was asked during Tuesday’s Vice Presidential debate if former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, he refused to answer. Vance […]
Trump’s Election Deniers In Action
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |2024 Elections Election Deniers TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellFor the past four years, former President Donald Trump has been building a cult of election deniers who believe his false claim that the 2020 […]
Chief Justice John Roberts Bends The Knee To Trump
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Immunity Supreme Court TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellChief Justice John Roberts appears to have sold out the independent third branch of government he leads, by choosing to bend the knee to former […]
Crosspartisan Coalition, Including D21, Urges Presidential Candidates To Embrace Transparency, Disclose Their Campaign “Bundlers”
|Press Releases |2024 Elections Special Interest Moneyby Jackie HowellThirteen organizations from across the ideological spectrum, including Democracy 21, have urged Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, and independent presidential candidate Robert F. […]
A Corrupt & Obscene Campaign Finance System
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |2024 Elections Campaign Finance Reform Money In Politics Special Interest Moneyby Jackie HowellToday’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 […]
Can Democrats Get A Trifecta In November And Use It To Enact Democracy Reforms?
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |2024 Elections Freedom To Vote Act John R. Lewis Voting Rights Actby Jackie HowellIn January 2021, two Democrats won Senate runoff elections in Georgia. This flipped the Senate and resulted in an unexpected “trifecta” – Democratic control of […]
