“Donald Trump’s judicial nominees, as well as judges nominated by previous Republican presidents, are responsible for the vast majority of the decisions that have resulted in voter suppression and made it nearly impossible to regulate political spending” Senate Democrats today released a new report outlining the ways campaign finance laws and the right to vote have been gradually dismantled by…More
Obama Cabinet Secretaries Endorse Prop 16
A group of Obama Administration cabinet officials are joining the fight to level the playing field in California by endorsing Proposition 16. Former Attorney General Eric Holder, Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar, Education Secretaries Arne Duncan and John B. King Jr., and United States Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice announced their support…More
Progressive Organizations Launch Emergency Coalition to Block Trump’s Nominee to Supreme Court
The coalition, founded by Be A Hero Fund, Demand Progress, Equal Justice Society, Free Speech For People, and Women’s March, argues that any Trump nomination to the Supreme Court this year would be illegitimate and calls on senators opposed to this nomination to use all procedural powers to block it.More
