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Democracy In The States: April 2019
Read Common Cause's April 2019 edition of "Democracy In The States" - tracking all the important democracy reform work (and some attacks) at the state and local level.
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States are already proving For the People Act reforms can work
Passage of the For the People Act through the U.S. House of Representatives was a historic victory for the people-led movement to create an American democracy where every voice is heard and every vote is counted. While work continues to move it through the Senate, many of the common-sense policies in the For the People Act are already in place and working in states across the country.
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Maddow’s Transparency Teach-in with Watergate-era Attorney Philip Lacovara
Rachel Maddow gave the nation an important history lesson with the man who made that history with two important decisions for transparency in the Watergate-era, Philip Lacovara.
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Release The Report Day of Action
On April 4th, activists in over 300 cities hit the streets to demand that the full Mueller report is released.
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Democracy Counts Newsletter, April 2019
Yes, it's April Fools, but the Census is far from an April fools joke.
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Top Five Takeaways from Rucho v. Common Cause Oral Arguments
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SCOTUS Audio File and Transcript: Rucho v Common Cause, March 26, 2019
The official audio file and transcript from the Supreme Court of the United States, March 26, 2019, Rucho v Common Cause.
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Rucho v. Common Cause SCOTUS Rally… As It Happened
As the Supreme Court heard our landmark lawsuit to end gerrymandering, hundreds of activists rallied outside to demand fair representaiton for every American. Here's what people at the rally had to say...
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Gerrymander Gazette – SCOTUS at last edition
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Lamone v Benisek: A Frustration with Gerrymandering Led One Man to the Supreme Court
Steve Shapiro was an engineer, a Democrat in Maryland, and a member of Common Cause. His frustration with his own state party and the way they gerrymandered district lines in 2011 led him to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Partisan Redistricting Before Elbridge Gerry: Why the History of Gerrymandering Matters Today
The history of redistricting and representation in the United States points to why the U.S. Supreme Court needs to finally outlaw partisan gerrymandering once and for all.
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Gerrymandering Funnies: John Oliver April 9, 2017
As the Supreme Court considers Rucho v. Common Cause, we remember some of our favorite gerrymandering moments, this one from John Oliver's Last Week Tonight on HBO from April 9, 2017.