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OPINION: Supreme Court Justices Must Walk a Fine Line
OPINION: Supreme Court Justices Must Walk a Fine Line
The Supreme Court holds one of the most delicate roles in our republic. This is not only because of judicial review, which gives that branch virtually unlimited power to dictate both changes as well a ...
21 Dec, 2021
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4 min read
$100,000 Raised to Bolster Independent Voter Movement during Anti-Corruption Awards
$100,000 Raised to Bolster Independent Voter Movement during Anti-Corruption Awards
Over 500 citizens from around the country tuned in for Independent Voting's 20th Annual Anti-Corruption Awards, held virtually on October 25th.  Independent Voting Vice President for National Dev ...
18 Nov, 2021
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3 min read
Fair Maps Advocates Sound The Alarm Over Gerrymandering in 3 States
Fair Maps Advocates Sound The Alarm Over Gerrymandering in 3 States
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in The Fulcrum and has been republished on IVN with permission from the publisher. ‍With the 2021 redistricting cycle in full swing, one-third of t ...
17 Nov, 2021
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4 min read
Gerrymandering Update: Blue and Red States Get Fs in Princeton Report Card
Gerrymandering Update: Blue and Red States Get Fs in Princeton Report Card
Legislatures and redistricting commissions across the United States are in the process of drawing new maps for their legislative and congressional districts, and some states have already drawn new lin ...
05 Nov, 2021
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2 min read
Ranked Choice Voting Had Another Historic Election
Ranked Choice Voting Had Another Historic Election
The momentum powering the ranked choice voting movement doesn’t appear to be slowing down. Along with being used in a record number of cities in 2021, voters in 3 additional cities approved its use in ...
03 Nov, 2021
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2 min read
The Court and Public Opinion
The Court and Public Opinion
The current term of the Supreme Court promises to be one of the most pivotal in decades. Although abortion has received most of the attention, with both the new Texas bounty law and a direct atta ...
02 Nov, 2021
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6 min read
Painted Into Trump Corner
Painted Into Trump Corner
The mood among Democrats these days seems to oscillate between panic and despair. The Biden administration, which billed itself as restoring competence and order to the political process, not onl ...
04 Oct, 2021
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6 min read
Americans Are Not Happy With Any Branch of Government Right Now
Americans Are Not Happy With Any Branch of Government Right Now
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on The Fulcrum and has been republished with permission from the publisher.‍Public opinion of the Supreme Court dropped to its lowest point in two decad ...
23 Sep, 2021
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3 min read
No Order in the Court
No Order in the Court
On September 6, 2021, Alan Braid, a seventy-six-year-old OBGYN in San Antonio, Texas, performed an abortion on a woman in her first trimester. A few years ago, this procedure would have attracted litt ...
22 Sep, 2021
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7 min read
A Court of the Inquisition
A Court of the Inquisition
On September 1, the United States Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, refused to prevent new, draconian Texas abortion legislation from taking effect. The Court’s tentative acceptance of that law, ...
14 Sep, 2021
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6 min read