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“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 […]
“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 […]
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