in 1857, when the U.S.Supreme Courtrejected African Americancitizenshipclaims. TheDred Scott decisionstated that the country’s founders had viewed Blacks as soinferiorthat they had “no rights which the white man was bound to respect.” This ruling—by declaring unconstitutional theMissouri ...
The landscape of the presidential election changed dramatically over the summer, with President Joe Biden’sdecision not to seek reelectioncoming shortly after adisastrous debatebetween him and former President Donald Trump in June that elevated questions about the president’s age and energy lev...
March 2, 2024 Contact / Voter Perceptions / Voting Issues Who is going to save the United States of America? Look in the mirror The above oath is on the first page of my book ” The American Citizens Handbook on Immigration- a candid Continue reading February 20, 2024 Voting Issues What...
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Alaska will use ranked choice voting in the election to fill the seat left vacant after U.S. Rep. Don Young died in March. It will also be used for the U.S. Senate election in which Republican incumbent Lisa Murkowski faces a challenge from Trump-backed Republican Kelly Tshibaka. Democra...
Texas, meanwhile, would make it a felony for anyone to cast an ineligible ballot, even byaccident. Arizona looked to dial back early voting and expand voter-ID requirements. And legislatures inMissouri,Utah,Michigan,andIdahoworked to unwind popular initiatives won by citizens demanding reforms poli...
“This is Jim Crow in the 21stCentury. It must end,” Biden said. He called on Congress to pass the For the People Act — which would create national ballot access mandates that would override some of the restriction in the new law — as well as the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement...
Lawmakers in Arizona, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Georgia are seeking to eliminate no-excuse absentee voting, while a Missouri bill would specifically eliminate concerns about contracting COVID-19 as an excuse for not being able to vote in person. Even states that went heavily Republican in ...
Democrats on Capitol Hill are strongly condemning Republicans’ reported interest in making cuts to federal safety net programs in the… Missouri Voters Enshrined Abortion Rights. GOP Lawmakers Are Already Working to Roll Them Back. By Jeremy Kohler | December 5, 2024 1:24 p.m. This story firs...
This ruling—by declaring unconstitutional the Missouri Compromise (1820), through which Congress had limited the expansion of slavery into western territories—ironically strengthened the antislavery movement, because it angered many whites who did not hold enslaved people. The inability of the country...