Impeachment is not a perfect democratic tool, but it’s the best we have. The damage to the electoral process of holding a parallel impeachment proceeding must be viewed in light of the threat to our democracy by refusing to impeach a president who violated his oath to the people.
In late April 2019, the Supreme Court heard oral argument for the Department of Commerce v. New York, 139 S.Ct. 1316 (2019), a case which asks whether the Secretary of Commerce’s decision to add a question to the Decennial Census about responders’ citizenship status violated the Enumeration Clause of the U.S. Constitution, art.I, §2, cl.3? [1] The last time the census inquired about citizenship was in 1950. The question asks “Is this person a citizen of the United States?” If you answer “yes,” the question then asks for more details about where you were born and whether your parents were born in the United States.
This year, a record number of Americans voted in the midterm elections, marking it the highest turnout rate for a midterm
In June of 2013, Shelby County, Ala. v. Holder held Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to
Amendment A: Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution that prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for
Our criminal justice system acts punitively long after the sentence ends. Most notably, harsh laws continue to punish those convicted
The ability to vote has been a crucial tenet of American democracy, and one that has unfortunately been denied to too many in our history. This draconian practice of permanently stripping individuals of their ability to access the ballot will only further ostracize those who have already paid their debts to society. Thus, not only would the passage of Amendment 4 be good policy, but it would represent a watershed moment in Florida’s history.
In the upcoming November election, Floridians will have the opportunity to vote on proposed Amendment 4—a grassroots, citizen-created amendment—which, if
Guest Post by Geoffrey Wyatt and Neil Weare Geoffrey Wyatt is Counsel at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.
Guest Post by David Meyerson, @dbmeyerson, a Software Engineer at Microsoft and co-teacher of computer science in Boston Public Schools.
Pennsylvania’s current congressional map was found unconstitutional by its state supreme court on January 22, and the Republican-led legislature’s subsequent
