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SCOTUS Immunity Decision Is Shameful And Destructive Of The Rule Of Law

Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer “Our democracy has been dangerously harmed by its misguided decision.” When the Supreme Court, last December, following a federal district court decision in United States v. Trump, rejected the request of Special Counsel Jack Smith to consider former President Donald Trump’s immunity claim for direct review on an […]

A Reminder — 8 Things To Know About The U.S. v. Trump Indictment

Some Supreme Court Justices have slow walked a decision in United States v. Trump to the point where it is virtually guaranteed that former President Donald Trump’s trial for attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election will not be held before the November election. The Supreme Court case, first raised for consideration with the Court six months ago, […]

Slow Walking For Trump

For six months now, the Supreme Court, led by six Republican-appointed Justices, has been slow walking a decision on former President Donald Trump’s frivolous claim that he has absolute immunity for actions he took while President. The Justices responsible for this delay have done a grave disservice to the American people. By all appearances, these […]

Trump’s Election Deniers’ Movement — Lies, Attacks, And Chaos

Former President Donald Trump told a lot of lies while in office – some 30,573 false or misleading statements, according to one count. Perhaps his biggest lie was that the 2020 presidential election was rigged and stolen from him. Trump has repeated this election lie constantly, without a shred of evidence. Trump’s false attacks on the integrity […]

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 34 felony counts he faced, and how the Supreme Court could “take a lesson” from the New York jury, judge, and D.A.’s office. The Supreme Court’s current slow-walking of its […]

SCOTUS’s Grave Disservice To The American People & Rule Of Law

For five months, the Supreme Court has been thwarting the trial in United States v. Trump, likely the most important criminal trial in American history and certainly the most important of the four criminal cases brought against former President Donald Trump. The case involves whether or not Trump is held accountable for his unprecedented attempt to overturn […]

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.” On March 4, 2024, 25 days after hearing oral argument, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Trump v. Anderson. In that case, the Court ruled favorably for former President […]

The Political $ Tsunami

In my more than 50 years of working to curb the influence of big money on politics and policy, I have never heard of a case where a presidential candidate asked a group of donors to raise one billion dollars for his campaign, much less to do so in exchange for favorable government policies. Yet that reportedly […]

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 Donald Trump, Jennifer Rubin writes in a column in The Washington Post.“Her latest delay,” Rubin writes, “follows a series of widely criticized moves revealing her inexperience. Among the most inexplicable: Demanding a debate on […]

Delay Is Working For Trump In 3 Of His 4 Criminal Cases

It’s been 14 days since the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Trump v. United States, the criminal case brought against former President Donald Trump who is charged with attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election. This is arguably the most important criminal case in American history. The case deals with the alleged first attempt at […]