Press Releases Archive

D21 Endorses Government By The People Act, Which Would Create An Innovative Way To Finance Campaigns And Lessen The Big-Money Stranglehold On Elections

Representative John Sarbanes (D-MD), joined by Representatives Joe Neguse (D-CO), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), and Chellie Pingree (D-ME), recently reintroduced the Government By The People Act, which […]

Trump, A Jury Of His Peers, And The Roberts Court

In an op-ed published Monday on Medium, Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer discusses last week’s conviction in New York of former President Donald Trump on all […]

The Supreme Court Fails Country In Its Inexplicable Failure To Issue Timely Opinion On Trump Immunity

 Statement Of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer “There is no excuse for taking so long on a case that has such importance to the country.” […]

D21 President Fred Wertheimer On Bipartisan Efforts In The Senate To Address The Problems Posed By AI

Democracy 21 applauds the bipartisan effort underway in the Senate to develop public policies to address the dangerous problems posed by Artificial Intelligence (AI). This […]

Jennifer Rubin In The Washington Post: Judge Cannon Plays “Catch And Kill” With Trump Classified Docs Case

Stacking the deck for Trump means endangering national security. Judge Aileen Cannon seems determined to kill the criminal Mar-a-Lago classified documents case facing former President […]

E.J. Dionne Jr. In The Washington Post: “A Crisis Moment” – SCOTUS’s Republican Bias Hangs Over Trump Immunity Case

As members of the Supreme Court’s “6-3 conservative majority ponder how and when they will rule on Donald Trump’s absolute immunity claim, they should understand […]

What To Know About Trump’s Immunity Argument Before The Supreme Court

On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Donald J. Trump v. United States regarding former President Trump’s request to be granted […]

SCOTUS To Hear Trump Immunity Argument; Opinion By 5/20 Is Key. 8 Examples Show That SCOTUS CAN Act Quickly

On Thursday, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Donald J. Trump v. United States, which addresses the question of whether Trump has presidential immunity […]

LISTEN: Wertheimer On “Politics War Room” — The Trump Trial In NY, SCOTUS On Immunity, & More

Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer appeared this week on Politics War Room with James Carville and Al Hunt discussing the latest  developments in former President […]

The People Of New York v. Donald J. Trump – The Facts Of The Case Explained

“The alleged facts presented by the Manhattan D.A.’s office make clear – this is a case about illegally influencing the 2016 presidential election, not just […]