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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Makes Decision on Mail-in Ballots Ahead of November 8th November 2, 2022 | Jake Sarwar | Fox 56 WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE CO. (WOLF) — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has made a historic ruling in regard to mail-in ballots throughout the state. FOX56’s Jake Sarwar sat in on a press conference this morning and…

Court decisions and challenges cause "utter chaos" in PA election November 2, 2022 | Michael Gorsegner | CBS 21 News York, PA — Just hours after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court drops a ruling on a case involving undated mail ballots, more questions than answers remain. Undated ballots is just one of a slew of potential…

There’s a Huge Divide Among Democrats Over How Hard to Campaign for Democracy Democratic leaders and voters say they care about protecting democracy, but it’s not driving their behavior in the midterms. August 21, 2022 | David Siders | POLITICO Article describes how Democratic leaders and voters say they care about protecting democracy but that…

The Worst Supreme Court Decision Is Yet to Come | Opinion August 1, 2022 | Tom Rogers | Newsweek Former Senator Tim Wirth and I wrote a column recently on how a Republican landslide in the House of Representatives races this fall will create a very clear path for Donald Trump to be re-elected president…

Time for President Biden to push emergency powers reform June 16, 2022 | Richard Gephardt, Gary Hart and Mark Medish | The Hill The Jan. 6 Committee hearings that began last week will highlight the many ways in which Donald Trump’s presidency exposed the fragility of our democracy. Indeed, Congress has been considering major reform…

America’s Post-Roe Constitutional Abyss The states’ rights theory embraced by slaveholding states before the US Civil War and later used to defend racial segregation is again threatening civil rights and the underpinnings of the American state. The doctrine is part of a right-wing legal insurgency attacking everything from federal regulation to the electoral system. May…

Supporting local election officials will help protect our democracy | Opinion May 6, 2022 | Mary B. McCord and Ari Mittleman | Pennsylvania Capital-Star The very foundation of our democracy has been tested over the last two years. It has withstood the challenge so far, but the cracks are showing. A cornerstone that has helped…

Opinion: Most Americans don’t know about these secret presidential powers May 4, 2022 | William S. Cohen and Gary Hart | CNN The January 6 House Select Committee is steadily peeling back the layers of deceit and deception practiced by those who planned or participated in the effort to overturn the 2020 US presidential election.…

The Card a Republican House Can Play That Turns Us Into a House of Cards | Opinion May 2, 2022 | Tom Rogers and Timothy E. Wirth | Newsweek We wrote a column early in 2020 describing how Donald Trump would attempt to steal the election by using Congress to overturn the legitimate Electoral College…

Big tech companies defend their hands-off approach to their platforms by arguing that they’re defending free speech. Geoffrey Stone, professor at the University of Chicago Law School; and Mary McCord, professor at Georgetown Law, join The Atlantic’s Rebecca Rosen for a conversation about free-speech standards on day two of a conference on disinformation and the…

Featuring Mary McCord, Keep Our Republic, David Thornburgh, Committee of Seventy,a nd Jonathan Winer, Keep Our Republic Although Joe Biden won the 2020 Presidential Election by 306 to 232 votes in the Electoral College (and by 7 million in the popular vote), Donald Trump refused to acknowledge the result and instead led an unprecedented onslaught…