Must Read: The Threat to American Democracy - Sen. Bernie Sanders and Sen. Tom Udall, POLITICO: We are at a pivotal moment in American history. Building the United States of America has been long, arduous and rife with setbacks. But throughout the years, we have undoubtedly moved forward toward a more inclusive democracy. We expanded the right to vote. We eliminated the poll tax. We banned corporations from donating to campaigns after the scandals of the Gilded Age and imposed stricter limits on donations and expenditures after Watergate. But today, those improvements are in serious jeopardy. The Supreme Court struck down a major part of the Voting Rights Act and Congress has yet to pass a fix. Voter ID laws are the new poll taxes. And thanks to years of pressure from conservative activists, five members of the Supreme Court have destroyed more than a century of campaign finance laws. Continue reading here: bernie.org/news/threat-american-democracy/
Posted on: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 17:45:00 +0000
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