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Trump & GOP Ramp Up Voter Suppression Efforts
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |SAVE Act TrumpWatch voter suppressionby Jackie HowellPresident Donald Trump signed an executive order on voting last month called Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections. Based on past performance, however, we can be confident that preserving and protecting integrity was anything but his goal. The Republican-backed SAVE Act, passed in the House on Thursday, falls into the same category. Like Trump’s executive order, it […]
Where Is Today’s Margaret Chase Smith?
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Joe McCarthy Margaret Chase Smith Senate TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellSenator Joseph McCarthy (R-WI) left a shameful and indelible mark on American history with his lies, vitriol, baseless attacks on innocent Americans, and “Red Scare” tactics that cast a dark shadow over the 1950s. But there’s another Senator from that era who deserves to be remembered for her stand against McCarthy: Senator Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME). […]
Trump’s Dangerous Attacks On The Rule Of Law
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Executive Orders Judiciary TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellThe rule of law is foundational to our system of constitutional government. It is not, however, foundational to President Donald Trump, who is attacking the rule of law in the same way that a dictator would. The rule of law is a core principle under which all persons, institutions, and entities are accountable to laws that are: […]
Trump Is Trying To Seize Absolute Power – The Judiciary Can & Must Stop Him
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |John Roberts Supreme Court TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellWhen President Donald Trump, in one of his irrational online rants, called for the impeachment of U.S. District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg this week, he engaged in a gross misuse of his office and took another step toward a head-on confrontation with the federal judiciary. Trump already has spurred multiple head-on confrontations with a compliant […]