Electors thought they could vote their consciences in 2016. The Supreme Court just said “no.”
Democracy
What drives change isn’t majority opinion. It’s the ability of key participants to disrupt the system.
Voting rights have always been inconsistently applied. Now the coronavirus pandemic is threatening those rights even more, and activists are pushing back.
“What if we placed freedom from racist violence at the crux of what it means to be free and equal in the United States?”
Black Americans braved police violence at Selma and galvanized support for the Voting Rights Act. Fifty years later, the Supreme Court’s Shelby decision ushered in a new era of racially targeted voter suppression.
Along with community care, accountability, and the disruption of oppressive systems.
“This clearly isn’t about individual officers,” Oliver said. “It’s about a structure built on systemic racism that this country created intentionally, and now needs to be dismantled intentionally.”
We need a different way to name the type of partnership between people and their government.
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Although each state's constitution contains a right to education, state courts interpret these rights in different ways—sometimes to the detriment of children.
When the Trump Administration fails the test of guiding the nation during a crisis, local officials have picked up the reins of power—for better or for worse.
Success during a pandemic depends on striking “a fine balance” between the powers of central governments and those at the state and local level.
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