Democracy Happy Hour – April 28, 2021

04/28/21 Topic: Court Cases Impacting Democracy.

Meeting Recordings & Chat:

• Speaker View Recording

• Gallery View Recording

• Chat file

Upcoming Democracy Happy Hour Topics:

• 05/05/21 – John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act Teach-in

Actions, Events & Misc. Links:

• Speak Up Schools - https://lwvwa.org/speakup

• LWVWA Mapping Session – April 29th @ 5 pm PT - https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYrdOGvrj4vHdbp0sdzN4vZ2G9GFhaXLlRH

• For the People Act Policy Panel – April 30th @ 6-7:30 pm PT - https://representsandiego.org/for-the-people-act-panel-discussion-h-r-1
  

• Depolarizing Within – Standard (Western WA Alliance/LWV Snohomish County) – May 2nd @ 1-4 pm PT - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/depolarizing-within-standard-western-wa-alliancelwv-snohomish-county-registration-148268530165

• John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Action Day – May 8th – Votercades & Teach-ins - https://dfadcoalition.org/lewis-day/

• S.1 – For the People Act – Markup session on May 11th in Senate Rules - 8-8 committee and Republicans can block amendments. There will be another chance for amendments when S1 goes to the floor. - https://www.rules.senate.gov/

• FDF GiveBIG 2021 - https://www.givebigwa.org/fixdemocracyfirst
  

Democracy in the News Links:

• House Democrats pass D.C. statehood, launching bill into uncharted territory - https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/dc-statehood-house-vote/2021/04/22/935a1ece-a1fa-11eb-a7ee-949c574a09ac_story.html

• Winners and losers from first release of 2020 census data - https://apnews.com/article/electoral-college-census-2020-government-and-politics-politics-86e1a31aeeea02004a3c71abd58097ee

• Washington grew but not enough to get another House seat, census figures show - https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/washington-grew-but-not-enough-to-get-another-house-seat-census-figures-show/

• The 2020 Census Population and Apportionment Data, Explained - https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/2020-census-population-and-apportionment-data-explained

• The Impact of Census Timeline Changes on the Next Round of Redistricting - https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/impact-census-timeline-changes-next-round-redistricting

• The first redistricting lawsuits are here - https://thefulcrum.us/redistricting/redistricting-lawsuits

• The Republicans’ staggering effort to attack voting rights in Biden’s first 100 days - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/28/republicans-voter-suppression-biden-100-days

• Florida Senate advances bill that includes limits on voting by mail, drop boxes - https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/florida-senate-advances-bill-includes-limits-voting-mail-drop-boxes-n1265365

• As Republicans Push to Limit Voting, Disagreements on Strategy Emerge - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/21/us/politics/republican-voting-laws.html

• The Assault on Voting is an Assault on Local Democracy - https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/assault-voting-assault-local-democracy

• A Democracy Crisis in the Making – REPORT - https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/20688594/democracy-crisis-report-april-21.pdf

• Companies That Back Voting Rights Receive Broad Public Support In New Poll - https://www.forbes.com/sites/edwardsegal/2021/04/22/companies-that-back-voting-rights-receive-broad-public-support-in-new-poll/?sh=65c4cdda6f0d

• Most Americans see voting rights as more important than election security - https://thefulcrum.us/congress/nbc-voting-poll

• Manchin: Passing sweeping Democratic election bill 'on a partisan line' could spur 'anarchy' - https://www.foxnews.com/politics/manchin-democrat-backed-election-bill-warns-against-voting-changes-on-a-partisan-line

• Black Democrats urge party to shift its voting rights push - https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/22/black-democrats-voting-rights-484089

• Schumer: Senate deadline for voting rights bill 'probably by August or so' - https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/550185-schumer-senate-deadline-for-voting-rights-bill-probably-by-august-or-so?rl=1

• Democrats move to expand voting rights for felons - https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/550010-democrats-move-to-expand-voting-rights-for-felons?rl=1

• How a major election reform is upending the race for New York City's next mayor - https://news.yahoo.com/how-a-major-election-reform-is-upending-the-race-for-new-york-citys-next-mayor-175931732.html
  

• Salt Lake City is moving to ranked-choice voting this fall - https://www.ksl.com/article/50151203/salt-lake-city-is-moving-to-ranked-choice-voting-this-fall
  

• FEC explores measures to expose ‘scam PACs’ - https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2021/04/fec-explores-measures-to-expose-scampacs/
  

• Supreme Court Wary of Donor Disclosure Requirement for Charities - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/26/us/supreme-court-charities-donors.html
  

• ‘Donor Disclosure’ Chills Free Speech - https://www.wsj.com/articles/donor-disclosure-chills-free-speech-11619383972
  

• It may take a while, but elections and voting could be the force behind constitutional change - https://thefulcrum.us/big-picture/amending-the-constitution
  

• How Can America Depolarize? The Best 11 Ideas from Early 2021 - https://www.allsides.com/blog/how-can-america-depolarize-best-11-ideas-early-2021

Court Cases Impacting Democracy Links:

• 45 landmark Supreme Court cases that changed American life as we knew it - https://www.businessinsider.com/landmark-us-supreme-court-cases-2019-8

• SUPREME COURT DECISIONS – Citizens Take Action - https://citizenstakeaction.org/supreme-court-decisions/

• FEC Court Cases – Ongoing Cases & Litigation Relating to Campaign Finance - https://www.fec.gov/legal-resources/court-cases/

• Speechnow.org v. FEC - https://www.fec.gov/legal-resources/court-cases/speechnoworg-v-fec/
• Shelby County v. Holder - https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/court-cases/shelby-county-v-holder

• The Supreme Court’s Looming Dark Money Decision - https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/supreme-courts-looming-dark-money-decision
  

• Brennan Center – Featured Court Cases & Court Case Trackers - https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/court-cases/?type=court_case_tracker&

Slides from Court Cases Impacting Democracy presentation.