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Sep 08 2020
News
Facebook's 2020 Election Initiatives
This Abridge News topic aggregates four unique arguments on different sides of the debate. Here are the quick facts to get you started:
THE QUICK FACTS
On Thursday, September 3rd, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a number of company initiatives that aim to protect the integrity of the 2020 U.S. election.Actions include things like putting information from Abridge NewsNov 02 2021
Background
Claims of 'voter fraud' have a long history in America. And they are false
Texas’s lieutenant governor, Dan Patrick, was supposed to be a whole lot poorer by now.
On 11 November, eight days after the presidential election and four days after the networks called the race for Joe Biden, the conservative talk radio host turned Republican politician launched a bounty hunt. Any tipsters who could provide evidence of voter fraud that led to a criminal conviction
The GuardianOct 19 2019
News
AOC’s Sanders Endorsement Won’t Change 2020. But It Might Change the Democratic Party.
he anticipated endorsement of Bernie Sanders as her preferred candidate for president by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Saturday will not determine the winner of the Democratic presidential primary. Endorsements almost never matter. But this one does—for the future of the Democratic Party, not the future of its 2020 presidential campaign.
The timing of Ocasio-Cortez’s endorsement
PoliticoNov 02 2021
Opinion
‘Our Broken Elections’: Who Broke Them and Why, and How to Fix Them
Election integrity is a fundamental requirement of a functioning democratic republic.
In the freest nation in the world, our system of government and our very liberty depend on free and fair elections. Whether selecting a mayor or the president of the United States, every American must be able to trust the process, or the democratic system itself breaks down.
When someone commits
The Daily SignalMar 12 2021
News
Statue of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Unveiled To Commemorate Her Birthday, Women’s History Month
A statue of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was unveiled to celebrate her birthday and acknowledge Women’s History Month.
New York State Assembly member Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams unveiled the statue in Ginsburg’s hometown of Brooklyn, New York.
“She is a role model to me and to everyone everywhere. Her legacy will live on,”
Independent Journal ReviewOct 13 2020
Analysis
Originalism, Amy Coney Barrett’s approach to the Constitution, explained
Originalism sells itself as a way of constraining judges. But it’s more often a way of unleashing them.
Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings begin on Monday, and it’s a safe bet that we’ll hear one word over and over again over the next few days: “originalism.” Barrett is a self-proclaimed originalist, embracing a theory of the Constitution that is also shared
VoxJul 06 2021
News
Could a voter ID compromise be a win for voting rights?
Faced with the reality that their ambitious voting rights reform plan may be permanently stalled in the Senate, Democrats have begun to soften their opposition to a policy they once criticized as the epitome of voter suppression: voter ID laws.
The specifics vary from state to state, but voter ID laws generally require a person to present some form of identification in order to cast a
Yahoo! The 360Jun 10 2020
Headline Roundup
George Floyd's Brother Testifies Before Congress
Philonise Floyd, a brother of George Floyd, testifies before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday amid calls for police reform and nationwide protests demanding an end to unjust violence by law enforcement.
Mr. Floyd urged lawmakers to "stop the pain" as he recalled how his brother died after a white police officer kneeled on his neck for nearly nine minutes.
Fox News Digital NBC News Digital The HillNov 04 2020
Analysis
Supreme Court Hears Arguments Over Whether Religious Agencies Can Reject Gay Foster Parents
The Supreme Court this morning spent two hours debating whether the city of Philadelphia can decline to contract with a Catholic organization to place foster children with families if that organization holds religious objections to allowing same-sex couples to participate.
The complicated case pits the general application of discrimination laws against the boundaries of religious
ReasonAug 02 2020
Background
Party Polarization and Campaign Finance
The intense debate these days about the shortcomings of American democracy and how best to deal with them often features assertions about parties, polarization, and campaign finance that appear puzzling if not downright contradictory. For example, some analysts argue that campaign finance reforms have reduced the role of political parties in campaigns and thereby weakened the ability of party