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D21 Applauds Senate Judiciary Committee Members Who Voted To Advance Supreme Court Code Of Ethics Measure; Urges Full Senate To Pass Legislation

Statement of D21 President Fred Wertheimer “It is inexplicable and indefensible that the Supreme Court has failed to adopt the same kind of ethics code that […]

Kolb/Wertheimer Op-Ed On MSNBC: Why Arizona’s 2020 Electors Investigation Only Adds To Trump’s Troubles

The investigations into former President Donald Trump and his allies’ attempts to undermine the results of the 2020 election continue to gain strength and the emergence of […]

Democracy 21 Urges Members Of Congress To Support Freedom To Vote Act Being Reintroduced Today In Senate And House

Democracy 21 today strongly urged Senators and Representatives to support the Freedom to Vote Act, historic voting rights legislation that is being reintroduced today in […]

The GOP’s ACE Act Is A Farce And A Fraud

Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | July 13, 2023 After a more than six-hour mark up in the House Administration Committee on Thursday, the Republican-led committee, […]

Trump On Trial: “Pros Memo” Analyzes Charges DOJ May Bring Against Trump For 2020 Election Interference

A model prosecution memorandum (or “pros memo”), published today on Just Security,  assesses federal charges Special Counsel Jack Smith may bring against former President Donald Trump for alleged […]

Today’s Radical Supreme Court

Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | July 6, 2023 The Supreme Court is a seriously damaged institution. A recent Quinnipiac poll found that just 30 percent of […]

First, Thomas. Now, Alito. SCOTUS Has An Ethics Problem.

Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | June 22, 2023 For some inexplicable reason, the Justices on the Supreme Court have strongly resisted applying the same ethics […]

Key Facts In The Trump Classified Documents Case

On June 13, 2023, former President Donald Trump was indicted on 37 felony counts related to his handling of classified documents. The former President has pleaded not […]

Where The Trump Indictments Go From Here

Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | June 15, 2023 With the historic 37-count indictment of former President Donald Trump in Florida last week in the Mar-a-Lago documents case, […]

Eisen, Painter, Wertheimer: Aileen Cannon’s Previous Rulings About Trump Demand Her Recusal In Docs Case

Judge Aileen Cannon, the judge assigned last week to oversee the government’s case against former President Donald Trump regarding his possession and refusal to return […]