Above: (Getty image) President Lyndon Baines Johnson discusses the Voting Rights Act with the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the White House in 1965. LBJ told Dr. King that he understands Dr. King’s concerns, but he has more important projects. Dr. King then launched “Plan B,” the Selma to Montgomery March to draw public attention … Read more
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will hold separate events Thursday to focus attention on Democratic efforts to combat voter suppression and protect voting rights nationwide, Democratic officials tell CNN. Biden and Harris to focus on voting rights Thursday, expand DNC program: Harris will announce the expansion of the Democratic National Committee’s “I … Read more
Election law expert Rick Hasen in an essay a the New York Times explains The Supreme Court Is Putting Democracy at Risk: In two disturbing rulings closing out the Supreme Court’s term, the court’s six-justice conservative majority, over the loud protests of its three-liberal minority, has shown itself hostile to American democracy. In one case, … Read more
Above: Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich’s name will live in infamy on this Supreme Court decision (see the Kagan dissent). Remember, he wants to run for U.S. Senate next year. He should never hold a political office ever again. The final two decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court’s term today gives new urgency to passing … Read more
An evil witch fight between the GQP Queen of voter suppression, Michelle Ugenti-Rita, and QAnon Queen Kelly Townsend, ended in mutually assured destruction of their voter suppression bills on Tuesday. It reminded me of the witch fight scene from Oz The Great & Powerful (only there’s no “Glinda the good witch” in this version – they … Read more