Innovating Civic Engagement in North Carolina
Voting is a habit. Research shows that voting habits established soon after reaching eligibility persevere for decades.¹ Educating and mobilizing young people, therefore, is an effective strategy to establish lifelong […]
The Parents Bill of Rights, but only for some parents.
What happened: Sick of the pandemic restrictions and fed up with school closures, parents across the country came together to demand more control over their children’s education. Wanting a bigger say […]
Florida’s Curriculum Transparency
In 2019, I vividly remember my son Luke’s 3rd grade teacher in our public elementary school in California who had the most wonderful mini library of books in the corner […]
The New Right
The New Right, who are best represented by Peter Thiel and its philosopher-darling, Curtis Yarvin, are very clear about their antipathy to democracy. The New Right, aka Neoreactionaries, are proponents of “RAGE” (getting Rid of All Government Employees) and forming […]
All the President’s Men
One measure of a President’s power is the effect he has on the judiciary. President Biden has appointed 105 Article III judges, outpacing Trump, Obama, and Bush. Still, there is no […]
February 21st Special Election Watch
VIRGINIA On February 21st, Virginia will hold a special election to fill a vacancy in the U.S House of Representatives left by the late Rep. A. Donald McEachin. With an already slim […]
Throwing Out The Trash. Article 1.
What does it take to get George Santos out of office before he serves his full term? The United States Constitution expressly provides in Article I, Section 5, clause […]
“Scamtos”
How did George Santos get elected and why is he still in office? One local newspaper investigated and ran articles on George Santos prior to his election. The North Shore […]
C-SPAN’ing
One fascinating aspect of the House Speakership election was that C-SPAN had full control of the cameras in the House chamber for all 15 rounds of voting. Because there was no Speaker in […]
House Rules
We’ve already seen the 118th Congress in action and it isn’t pretty. Next up is the Rules Package, which must be adopted by the House by January 13th in order […]
Extradition of “Fleeing Felons”
Every once in a while we read something that breaks through the cacaphony of legislation designed to deprive people of autonomy over their bodies and lives. Over the past year, states have been inundated with anti-abortion and anti-trans […]
The Battle for Direct Democracy
Having already succeeded in the deeply undemocratic practice of gerrymandering, increasingly, GOP-dominated state legislatures are turning their focus on curtailing people’s access to direct democracy through ballot measures such as ballot […]
Always Democracy
The Supreme Court’s term starts this week. On Tuesday the Court will hear Merrill v Milligan, where the Court is being asked to resolve whether the state of Alabama’s 2021 […]
We’re still here: Reflections on January 6th
Photo by Rep. Jim Himes