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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 […]
“Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely,” English politician and historian Lord Acton wrote in 1887. Almost a century and a half later, […]
In 1788, James Madison wrote in The Federalist Paper, No: 47: “The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of […]
PDF Version Democracy 21 Education Fund Report How Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts and Former Justice Kennedy Knowingly Misrepresented Court Precedent to Justify Increasing […]
Fred’s Weekly Note and our Wertheimer’s Political Report newsletter are on a short break. Both will return on Thursday, July 17, 2025.
D21 President Fred Wertheimer: “This Court is on a path that is completely hostile to campaign finance laws.” The Supreme Court announced Monday that it […]
This note was updated on June 27 to reflect the Supreme Court’s ruling in the birthright citizenship cases. Since January 20, President Donald Trump has […]
The massive corrupt practices and conflicts of interest of Donald Trump have dishonored, disgraced, degraded, demeaned, debauched, and debased the Office of President of the […]
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