Bad news for supporters of democracy across the Americas: Claudia Sheinbaum, the government-backed front-runner in Mexico’s June 2 presidential elections, has suggested that, if she wins, she will maintain Mexico’s current support for Cuba, Venezuela and other dictatorships. In the third and final presidential debate on May 19 Sheinbaum said that “we are going to […]
To mark the 75th anniversary of Germany’s de facto constitution, the Basic Law, the government in Berlin is inviting citizens to a major Democracy Festival to be located around the buildings housing the Chancellery and the Bundestag. From Friday to Sunday, there are events planned in the form of dialogue, information stands, games, concerts, plays, […]
Thousands of people on Tuesday gathered outside the main building of Taiwan’s parliament to voice their worries about what they see as a dysfunctional legislature and the erosion of democracy by China-friendly parties. Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lost its majority in parliament in January elections and has faced major challenges in the current […]
Our Fifth District Tennessee U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles and fellow far right colleagues were in New York City over the past few days, “standing back and standing by” former President Donald Trump. They echoed other Republicans who have already attended the trial, which they call a purely political exercise. They surely know that their words […]
The Missouri General Assembly on Friday ended an annual session defined by fierce Republican infighting that derailed the party’s hopes of passing limits on direct democracy ahead of an expected statewide vote this fall on overturning Missouri’s abortion ban. Republicans had made raising the threshold for amending the state constitution a top priority. But as […]
A record-breaking filibuster from Democrats finally ended on Wednesday when the Missouri Senate voted to further negotiate with the House a measure that would weaken direct democracy. The motion, which senators approved on an 18 to 13 vote, allows lawmakers in the House and Senate to debate whether to remove from the measure deceptive language […]
A lengthy filibuster from Democrats has blocked all action in the Missouri Senate, halting Republicans from passing legislation that would weaken direct democracy by making it harder for voters to amend the state constitution. Opposition to the legislation is poised to consume the Senate’s final week of session, which ends on Friday. Senate Democrats began […]
Lost amid Thursday’s policy debate and protest at the Statehouse over the latest push to limit the power of New Jersey’s public records law was a political warning. “Democrats and Never Trump Republicans are fighting for Democracy,” testified David Pringle, an environmental and public advocacy consultant. “And this bill undermines that effort and is being […]
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is suing the Biden administration’s Department of Education for its new Title IX regulations. The move is one part election-year grandstanding — Republicans wish you cared as much about transgender issues as you do about abortion. And it is one part genuine concern about young women being exposed to transgender […]
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive decided on Monday to end its 6-year dispute with member state Poland, saying Prime Minister Donald Tusk has initiated the necessary changes to reverse what the bloc called the previous government’s backsliding on democratic principles. The EU’s decision to withdraw its case over rule of law complaints follows […]
The stakes for the 2024 election couldn’t be higher, according to both candidates for president. President Joe Biden has said that nothing short of American democracy is on the line and declared his opponent “willing to sacrifice democracy to put himself in power.” Former President Donald Trump, in turn, has said that “if we don’t […]
(Bloomberg) — Constitutional reforms pitched by Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador are a threat to judicial independence, violate international legal standards and undermine democracy, three law and advocacy groups said Thursday. Most Read from Bloomberg The Mexican Bar Association, the Stanford Law School Rule of Law Impact Lab, and the Inter-American Dialogue’s Rule of […]