I have seen some people argue that Democrats need to be careful about criticizing our prima donna diva Senator Kyrsten Sinema, because she likes hanging out with Republicans and just might switch parties, returning Mitch McConnell to power. I don’t buy it. First, Sen. Sinema is much more valuable to Mitch McConnell as a saboteur … Read more
Texas House Democrats have fled the state, a “Texodus” if you will, to prevent a quorum in the state legislature in order to block the GQP “Suppression Session” from passing Jim Crow 2.0 voter suppression bills in Texas. But more than that, these Texas House Democrats are flying to Washington, D.C. to impress upon Democratic … Read more
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
While Republicans in Arizona and the rest of the nation were dancing in the street after yesterdays Supreme Court Ruling validating two Arizona voting laws that seemingly make it harder for certain groups like Native Americans to vote (and Justice Alito’s opinion giving credence to the specter of nonexistent voter fraud,), the reaction among Democrats … 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