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Supreme Court Should Find That Donald Trump Is Disqualified From Holding Future Public Office ArticleFeb 1, 2024 Supreme Court Should Find That Donald Trump Is Disqualified From Holding Future Public Office Feb 1, 2024 Michael Sozan, Devon Ombres
Point: Biden Impeachment Inquiry Is a Shameless Attempt at Political Retribution In the NewsSep 28, 2023 Point: Biden Impeachment Inquiry Is a Shameless Attempt at Political Retribution Sep 28, 2023 DC Journal Tom Moore
President Biden’s Speech Described a Democracy Under Attack ArticleNov 3, 2022 President Biden’s Speech Described a Democracy Under Attack Nov 3, 2022 Michael Sozan
How Americans Can Fight Back Against a Radical Supreme Court Majority How Americans Can Fight Back Against a Radical Supreme Court Majority Jul 5, 2022 the Center for American Progress Ben Olinsky, Grace Oyenubi
Select Committee Democrats: A Smart and Confident U.S.-China Policy Past EventFeb 1, 2024 Select Committee Democrats: A Smart and Confident U.S.-China Policy Please join the Center for American Progress Action Fund for a discussion on how Democratic policymakers are advancing a vision of democracy and stability in the Indo-Pacific that will help the American public. Feb 1, 2024
Supreme Court Should Find That Donald Trump Is Disqualified From Holding Future Public Office ArticleFeb 1, 2024 Supreme Court Should Find That Donald Trump Is Disqualified From Holding Future Public Office In Trump v. Anderson, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider the parameters of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment and determine whether Donald Trump is constitutionally disqualified from holding future public office. Feb 1, 2024 Michael Sozan, Devon Ombres
Point: Biden Impeachment Inquiry Is a Shameless Attempt at Political Retribution In the NewsSep 28, 2023 Point: Biden Impeachment Inquiry Is a Shameless Attempt at Political Retribution Tom Moore writes about the House impeachment inquiry into President Biden. Sep 28, 2023 DC Journal Tom Moore
President Biden’s Speech Described a Democracy Under Attack ArticleNov 3, 2022 President Biden’s Speech Described a Democracy Under Attack In his speech to the nation on November 2, President Joe Biden laid out the wide-ranging threats to democracy—and how Americans must come together to repel them. Nov 3, 2022 Michael Sozan
How Americans Can Fight Back Against a Radical Supreme Court Majority ArticleJul 5, 2022 How Americans Can Fight Back Against a Radical Supreme Court Majority Responding to the judicial overreach of a radical Supreme Court majority will require long-term structural reforms to the courts and immediate action to mitigate the harms caused by their wrongly decided decisions. Jul 5, 2022 the Center for American Progress Ben Olinsky, Grace Oyenubi
New York Has a Historic Opportunity to Prohibit Political Spending by Foreign-Influenced U.S. Corporations In the NewsJun 9, 2021 New York Has a Historic Opportunity to Prohibit Political Spending by Foreign-Influenced U.S. Corporations Latrice Walker and Michael Sozan argue that to protect the integrity of New York’s government and promote economic patriotism, the state must pass a law banning political spending by foreign-influenced U.S. corporations. Jun 9, 2021 Medium Latrice Walker, Michael Sozan
Unions Are Democratically Organized, Corporations Are Not ArticleOct 16, 2020 Unions Are Democratically Organized, Corporations Are Not The authors make the case that in order to strengthen political democracy, policymakers should support the creation of democratically organized groups such as unions. Oct 16, 2020 Center for American Progress David Madland, Malkie Wall, Danielle Root, 1 More Sam Berger
Secretaries of State Are Crucial for Protecting African American Voters ReportAug 6, 2020 Secretaries of State Are Crucial for Protecting African American Voters As the ongoing coronavirus pandemic makes ensuring voters’ and election workers’ safety even more imperative, fair and inclusive elections must be state officials’ top priority heading into November. Aug 6, 2020 Michael Sozan, Christopher Guerrero
Trump Is Trying To Make Voting by Mail a Partisan Issue ArticleApr 21, 2020 Trump Is Trying To Make Voting by Mail a Partisan Issue President Trump is attempting to turn Republicans against voting by mail, even though it is an effective, traditionally bipartisan, and popular method of voting. Apr 21, 2020 Michael Sozan
Trump Continues To Spread Dangerous Falsehood That Voting by Mail Leads to Fraud ArticleApr 17, 2020 Trump Continues To Spread Dangerous Falsehood That Voting by Mail Leads to Fraud President Trump’s argument that voting by mail leads to voter fraud has been disproven over many elections and in multiple studies—and is rooted in Republicans’ long-standing efforts to suppress votes. Apr 17, 2020 Michael Sozan
Bold Democracy Reform Is a Cornerstone Principle for Democrats ArticleMar 5, 2020 Bold Democracy Reform Is a Cornerstone Principle for Democrats The historic For the People Act has paved the way for Democrats to rally around strong, structural changes for a healthier democracy. Mar 5, 2020 Michael Sozan
Point: Why Conservatives Can’t — and Won’t — Quit Voter ID Laws In the NewsJan 29, 2020 Point: Why Conservatives Can’t — and Won’t — Quit Voter ID Laws Danielle Root writes about why voter ID laws are unnecessary and discriminatory—and how they are being used for political ends. Jan 29, 2020 InsideSources Danielle Root
Corruption Consultants: Conservative Special Interests and Corporations Hurt State Economies and Democratic Processes ArticleJul 22, 2019 Corruption Consultants: Conservative Special Interests and Corporations Hurt State Economies and Democratic Processes Malkie Wall, Danielle Root, and Andrew Schwartz explain how special-interest groups have used states’ tradition as “laboratories of democracy” to implement damaging and regressive policies at the behest of corporate clients and wealthy donors. Jul 22, 2019 Center for American Progress Malkie Wall, Danielle Root, Andrew Schwartz
Case Studies in Voter Suppression: Profiling Voter Suppressors ReportNov 26, 2018 Case Studies in Voter Suppression: Profiling Voter Suppressors In order to bring attention to the nationwide problem of voter suppression, it is important to call attention to the politicians who are most notorious for restricting voter access. Nov 26, 2018 Danielle Root, Aadam Barclay
Congressional Democrats Pushing for Bold Democracy Solutions In the NewsMay 29, 2018 Congressional Democrats Pushing for Bold Democracy Solutions Author Michael Sozan discusses the damaging impact of the Trump administration's policy agenda and congressional Democrats' efforts to regain the American people's trust with a bold reform agenda. May 29, 2018 Inside Sources Michael Sozan
Rep. Tom Price’s STOCK Act Scandal ArticleFeb 1, 2017 Rep. Tom Price’s STOCK Act Scandal Republicans in the Senate who have supported the STOCK Act should deny Rep. Price’s confirmation until a full investigation can be conducted into determining whether he violated federal law. Feb 1, 2017 Danielle Root
Rex Tillerson Represents All That is Wrong with Trump’s Incoming Administration ReportJan 10, 2017 Rex Tillerson Represents All That is Wrong with Trump’s Incoming Administration Tillerson’s business-first background, close ties with Russia, and complete lack of experience in public service make him unfit to serve as U.S. secretary of state. Jan 10, 2017 Danielle Root