Today is the 56th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” the first anniversary at which John Lewis is no longer with us to commemorate. If Americans want to honor John Lewis’ sacrifice and lifelong commitment to public service and his efforts to secure voting rights as a fundamental constitutional right for all Americans, it is time for … Read more
Krazy Kraken Lady, Sidney Powell, suffered a final humiliating defeat in the U.S. Supreme Court today (cue the Trump/Qanon cult member blog trolls). ‘Kraken’ Sidney Powell loses again as Supreme Court tosses her remaining attempts to overturn vote in Arizona and Wisconsin: On Monday, BuzzFeed News justice correspondent Zoe Tillman reported that pro-Trump lawyer Sidney … Read more
David Gordon briefly touched on this in an earlier post, but on Thursday the House Passed Sweeping Gay and Transgender Equality Legislation: [The House voted 224-206 on Thursday to pass the Equality Act], a bill that would extend civil rights protections to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, but the … Read more
Paul Blumenthal writes at the Huffington Post, Democrats’ Top Priority Is To Reform Elections. Will It Be The Bill To Break The Filibuster? Congressional Democrats are pushing a sweeping package of voting rights, gerrymandering, election, campaign finance and ethics reforms, called the For the People Act. It’s listed as H.R. 1 in the House and … Read more
NBC News reports, Supreme Court formally rejects Trump election challenge cases: The Supreme Court on Monday formally rejected a handful of cases related to the 2020 election, including disputes from Pennsylvania that had divided the justices just before the election. The cases the justices rejected involved election challenges filed by former President Donald Trump and … Read more