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Capitol Police Officers Sue Trump and Allies Over Election Lies and Jan. 6 - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/26/us/politics/capitol-police-jan-6-riot-lawsuit-trump.html
Federal judge in Michigan orders pro-Trump lawyers disciplined over lawsuit seeking to overturn 2020 election - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal-judge-in-michigan-orders-pro-trump-lawyers-disciplined-over-lawsuit-seeking-to-overturn-2020-election/2021/08/25/16bbe7b2-05f0-11ec-a654-900a78538242_story.html
Partisan Republican vote ‘audits’ are making elections less safe, officials say - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/audit-2020-election-arizona-mypillow-b1910547.html
Rep. Madison Cawthorn falsely suggests elections are ‘rigged,’ says there will be ‘bloodshed’ if system continues on its path - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rep-madison-cawthorn-says-there-will-be-bloodshed-if-us-elections-continue-to-be-rigged/2021/08/30/297a9fa2-09c8-11ec-aea1-42a8138f132a_story.html
Paul Ryan says it's 'really clear' Biden won election: 'It was not rigged. It was not stolen' - https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/570183-paul-ryan-says-its-really-clear-biden-won-election-it-was-not-rigged-it-was
G.O.P. Election Reviews Create a New Kind of Security Threat - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/01/us/politics/gop-us-election-security.html
Experts warn of dangers from breach of voter system software - https://apnews.com/article/technology-software-election-2020-1341028212960b9b4ed713620d764629
Reforming one law could prevent another election insurrection, experts say - https://thefulcrum.us/electoral-count-act-reform
Texas G.O.P. Passes Election Bill, Raising Voting Barriers Even Higher - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/31/us/politics/texas-voting-rights-bill.html
The hard-fought Texas voting bill is poised to become law. Here's what it does. - https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/30/texas-voting-restrictions-bill/
After Voting Bill's Passage, Texas Democrats Hold Out For Federal Help That May Never Come - https://www.kut.org/politics/2021-08-31/with-voting-bills-inevitable-passage-texas-democrats-hold-out-for-federal-help-that-may-never-come
Democrats Are Now Open To New Voter ID Rules. It Probably Won't Win Over The GOP - https://www.npr.org/2021/08/28/1031164994/democrats-are-now-open-to-new-voter-id-rules-it-probably-wont-win-over-the-gop
How a Defunct Federal Provision Helped Pave the Way for New Voting Restrictions - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/26/us/politics/voting-restrictions.html
Racial Turnout Gap Grew in Jurisdictions Previously Covered by the Voting Rights Act - https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/racial-turnout-gap-grew-jurisdictions-previously-covered-voting-rights
Thousands rally for voting rights, D.C. statehood in Washington - https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/08/28/dc-voting-rights-march-statehood/
Struggle for voting rights continues 58 years after historic March on Washington - https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/thousands-demand-the-us-protect-voting-rights-under-fire
5 things to know about the voting rights bill named for John Lewis - https://www.rollcall.com/2021/08/31/5-things-to-know-about-the-voting-rights-bill-named-for-john-lewis/
New polls suggest broad support for Democrats' voting rights bills - https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/new-polls-suggest-broad-support-democrats-voting-rights-bills-n1277837
AFL-CIO chief warns of election consequences for pro-filibuster Democrats - https://thehill.com/regulation/labor/570184-afl-cio-chief-warns-of-election-consequences-for-pro-filibuster-democrats
‘Democracy will be in shambles’: Democrats in last-ditch effort to protect voting rights - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/31/democrats-voting-rights-senate-bill-republicans
How the 5 vote-by-mail states have overhauled their election systems - https://thefulcrum.us/voting/voting-law-changes-2
Yakima County agrees to settlement in lawsuit alleging disenfranchisement of Latino voters - https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/yakima-county-agrees-to-settlement-in-lawsuit-alleging-voting-rights-act-violations/article_66ba7168-89a7-540d-aa45-2402349fbf53.html
After census, citizens panels seek sway in redistricting - https://apnews.com/article/census-2020-redistricting-8ec9fb60088e55d7e607d3b1fbc59d5c
6 Tips for Making Effective Comments at a Redistricting Hearing - https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/6-tips-making-effective-comments-redistricting-hearing
Corporations and Trade Groups Are Bankrolling the Sedition Caucus Again - https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/08/corporate-pacs-donations-republican-congress-members-sedition-caucus-trump-insurrection/
Corporate America launches massive lobbying blitz to kill key parts of Democrats’ $3.5 trillion economic plan - https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/08/31/business-lobbying-democrats-reconciliation/
Corporate Donations Tracker - https://www.accountable.us/corporate-donations-tracker/
Women make fewer political donations and risk being ignored by elected officials - https://thefulcrum.us/campaign-finance/political-donations-by-women
The US supreme court is deciding more and more cases in a secretive ‘shadow docket’ - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/31/supreme-court-us-cases-shadow-docket
Biden commission on Supreme Court isn't moving fast enough — or thinking big enough - https://www.salon.com/2021/08/30/biden-commission-on-supreme-court-isnt-moving-fast-enough--or-thinking-big-enough/
Report: Constituent engagement tends to be just 'answering the mail' - https://thefulcrum.us/congress/constituent-engagement
Students must do more than just check the box on civic education - https://thefulcrum.us/civic-ed/improve-civics-education-2654814174
App offers civil setting for political debate among Gen Z - https://thefulcrum.us/big-picture/yappolitics
The Powell Memo's Impact 50 Years Later links:
Lewis F. Powell Jr. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_F._Powell_Jr.
The Memo - https://scholarlycommons.law.wlu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=powellmemo
Justice Powell's Constitutional Opinions - https://scholarlycommons.law.wlu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2341&context=wlulr
The Powell Memo: A Call-to-Arms for Corporations - https://billmoyers.com/content/the-powell-memo-a-call-to-arms-for-corporations/
The Blueprint for Corporate Power Turns 50 - https://washingtonmonthly.com/2021/08/24/the-blueprint-for-corporate-power-turns-50/
THE POWELL MEMO AT 50 - 50 YEARS OF “GUERRILLA WARFARE” FROM CORPORATE AMERICA - https://rethinkmedia.org/resource/memo-50-years-%E2%80%9Cguerrilla-warfare%E2%80%9D-corporate-america?authkey=ce223aa5c9545ea5630aa4fabeb4311e371da28565936c74a057fe12e85e587e
The Powell Memo Explained, 50 Year Anniversary VIDEO - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwSK7t1IAZg
The Right-Wing Legacy Of Justice Lewis Powell And What It Means For The Supreme Court Today - https://www.theusconstitution.org/news/the-right-wing-legacy-of-justice-lewis-powell-and-what-it-means-for-the-supreme-court-today/
Buckley v. Valeo - https://www.fec.gov/legal-resources/court-cases/buckley-v-valeo/
First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti - https://www.fec.gov/legal-resources/court-cases/first-national-bank-of-boston-v-bellotti/