LISTEN: Fred Wertheimer On The Roadmap To Holding Trump Accountable
Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer on Background Briefing With Ian Masters on March 31, 2022. (25 minutes)
Press Releases Archive
Finally, A Road Map To Hold Trump Accountable, Former Amb. Norman Eisen And D21 President Fred Wertheimer Write In CNN Op-Ed
|Op Eds, Press Releases |Jan. 6 TrumpWatchby Jackie Howell“Judge David Carter’s decision on Monday finding Trump ‘more likely than not’ committed crimes, sets out a road map for finally imposing consequences for the big lie,” former Ambassador Norman Eisen and Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer write in an op-ed published on CNN. The Judge’s decision, they write, “does so by tackling the thorniest […]
Democracy 21 Joins With CREW And 18 Other National Groups To Urge Congress To Pass Legislation Prohibiting Members From Owning Stocks, Bonds
|Press Releases |Conflicts of Interest Congress Ethics & Accountabilityby Jackie HowellTwenty national good government organizations, including CREW and Democracy 21, joined together to urge Congress to pass legislation that would prohibit Members of Congress from owning or trading individual stocks, bonds, or similar financial instruments. “Our country is at an inflection point: the reports of Members’ suspicious stock trades at the beginning of the pandemic […]
Ginni Thomas Texts To Trump COS Mark Meadows Emphasize The Extraordinary Importance Of The Jan. 6 House Committee Investigation
|Press Releases |Jan. 6 TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellStatement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer The revelations yesterday that Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, sent a number of text messages to President Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows urging him to continue the fight to overturn the 2020 election, emphasize the extraordinary importance of the work of the House […]
Overwhelming Majority Of American Voters Call Voting Rights A “Very Important” Issue, According To New Poll
|Press Releases |Democracy Reforms Voting Rightsby Jackie HowellWhile Senate Republicans and two Democrats – Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) – blocked action on the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis voting rights legislation in January, an overwhelming majority of voters consider voting rights to be one of the most important issues in the upcoming 2022 elections, according to a […]
Chicago Sun-Times: “Give Candidates Who Aren’t Wealthy, Or Backed By The Rich, A Chance To Be Heard”
|Press Releases |Money In Politics Small Donor Matching Systemby Jackie Howell“A small donor matching system using public funds would help level the playing field and give politicians a reason to listen to ordinary voters.” — Chicago Sun-Times A small donor matching fund system for candidates running for state office in Illinois “would give candidates a reason to spend more time listening to ordinary people instead […]
Statement On The Passing Of Walter Dellinger
|Press Releases |by Jackie HowellStatement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer One of the nation’s greatest constitutional scholars and Supreme Court lawyers, former Acting Solicitor General Walter Dellinger, passed away yesterday. (Read more about his remarkable career and contribution to our nation here and here.) Walter, whom I knew for only a few years, was a friend and colleague. He was a […]
Leadership Conference On Civil And Human Rights And 53 Other Groups, Including Democracy 21, Urge Congress To Remain Focused On The Fight For Voting Rights
|Press Releases |Democracy Reforms Electoral Count Act Voting Rightsby Jackie HowellReforms to the Electoral Count Act (ECA) are “needed and welcome, but they simply are not adequate to meet the current moment.” As Congress considers the next steps in the fight to move voting rights forward, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a coalition of more than 230 national organizations, and 53 individual […]
Statement of D21 On The Senate Voting Down A Filibuster Rules Change That Would Have Allowed Voting Rights To Pass By Majority Vote
|Press Releases |Democracy Reforms Filibuster Freedom To Vote Act Voting Rightsby Jackie Howell“The Fight Goes On.” Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer American democracy suffered a major defeat last night. Last night, 52 Senators voted down a filibuster rules change that would have allowed the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act to pass the Senate by majority vote. Those Senators – 50 Republicans and […]
Wertheimer Op-Ed On “NBC News Think”: Trump And The GOP’s Biggest Voting Rights Lies — And Why They’re Wrong
|Op Eds, Press Releases |Democracy Reforms Filibuster Voting Rightsby Jackie HowellAs the voting rights debate begins “the decision Senators make will determine whether our democracy and the right to vote will be preserved — or whether Trump’s Big Lie will continue to contaminate the country,” D21 President Fred Wertheimer writes on NBC Think. Debate on the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis voting rights legislation is […]
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