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History of the Supreme Court and how it impacts America today
By Madison Troyer of Stacker |
History of the Supreme Court and how it impacts America today
President Donald Trump’s recent nomination to the Supreme Court is 48-year-old Amy Coney Barret, Notre Dame Law School graduate, mother of seven, and judge in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. If affirmed, she is poised to fill the gap left by the recent death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The timing of the nomination is controversial at best, with many pointing to the double standard held by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell who blocked President Barack Obama’s nominee under similar circumstances.
Biden Executive Order Helps Imprisoned Criminals Vote by Mail
7 Mar 2021
President Biden on Sunday signed a sweeping executive order instructing federal agencies to advance Democrat Party objectives for U.S. elections, using the agencies to provide information about voter registration and vote-by-mail applications, including for federal prisoners.
The Biden administration asserted the federal government plays a primary role in providing education about voter registration and combating “misinformation.” His administration is devoted to promoting and defending “the right to vote for all Americans who are legally entitled to participate in elections,” he states in the order.
One of the main objectives listed in the executive action is providing prisoners with educational materials related to voting and facilitating voter registration for eligible prisoners “to the extent practicable.”
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. The right to vote is the foundation of American democracy. Free and fair elections that reflect the will of the American people must be protected and defended. But many Americans, especially people of color, confront significant obstacles to exercising that fundamental right. These obstacles include difficulties with voter registration, lack of election information, and barriers to access at polling places. For generations, Black voters and other voters of color have faced discriminatory policies and other obstacles that disproportionally affect their communities. These voters remain more likely to face long lines at the polls and are disproportionately burdened by voter identification laws and limited opportunities to vote by mail. Limited access to language assistance remains a barrier for
Six or nine months from now, when the child credit needs to be extended, “pro-family” Republicans will be unified against it. Democrats need to be savage in their attacks on the GOP for that.
I’m grumpy about the minimum wage, (and that fight isn’t over), but I think Biden, Harris, and the team’s strategy folks are teeing up a powerful economic message, and total Republican opposition is really risky given the 70% across the board public support.
And the profligate waste of the Trump-Ryan tax cut helps wipe out all the deficit scold idiocy that is no-doubt coming.