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The following open letter, signed by more than 500 organizations including Democracy 21, was released this week: We the undersigned unequivocally condemn the murder of […]
TRUMPWATCH 2.0 Slavery Disappeared by Trump Administration “The Trump administration has ordered the removal of signs and exhibits related to slavery at multiple national parks, […]
As I wrote in last week’s Note, “Roberts has taken the lead in writing a series of opinions that have destroyed essential rules governing our […]
Chief Justice John Roberts is smart and skilled. He will be remembered, however, as a historic failure. This is not a claim to make lightly, […]
“Federal judges are frustrated with the Supreme Court for increasingly overturning lower court rulings involving the Trump administration with little or no explanation, with some worried […]
If you doubt that President Trump considers himself beyond reproach, just note two recent Trump declarations. On August 22, Trump proclaimed (falsely), “I am actually […]
By Fred Wertheimer President, Democracy 21 On December 29, 2021, a federal jury found Ghislaine Maxwell guilty of five felony counts, including conspiracy to transport […]
The following op-ed by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer was published on Slate: Read on Slate or below: Slate | 8/14/25 There’s Only One Conclusion […]
The Robber Baron era of the late 19th century. The Watergate scandals of the 1970s. The soft money influence-buying scandals of the 1990s. All horrendous […]
Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer Democracy 21 applauds the Senate introduction of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (S. 4), led […]
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