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Women history forgot (Part 4)

Submitted to The Dominion Post — Sun, 25 Aug 2024 03:02:00 +0000

“Mr. President, how long must women wait for liberty?” — Inez Milholland, 1916. As we previously discussed, suffragists argued women should qualify as “persons and citizens of the United States” […]

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Voting rights dying by a thousand cuts

Syndicated Columnist — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 03:04:00 +0000

by Noah Feldman If you want to understand what’s happened to voting rights in the U.S. over the past decade, just take a look at the recent ruling by the […]

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Because he can. And he means it

Froma Harrop — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 03:00:00 +0000

“I love you,” Donald Trump told an audience of Christian conservatives on July 26. “You got to get out and vote. In four years, you don’t have to vote again. […]

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The Good, the Bad and the Stupid 6

Opinion, The Dominion Post — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 04:04:00 +0000

Good: HB 4223 — “that the Division of Corrections provide each probationer with physical copies of their birth certificate and Social Security Administration card upon release from a facility.” Both […]

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Outlandish ruling could eviscerate what’s left of the Voting Rights Act

Syndicated Columnist — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 04:02:00 +0000

by Erwin Chemerinsky If a decision handed down by a conservative federal appeals court last week is allowed to stand, it will gut what remains of one of the most […]

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Who will represent you if you don’t vote?

For The Dominion Post — Sun, 30 Jul 2023 03:02:00 +0000

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first in a series of monthly columns from the League of Women Voters of Morgantown-Monongalia County. “No taxation without representation!” That was the rallying cry […]

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Why the Supreme Court decision on voting rights is such a shock

Syndicated Columnist — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 03:02:00 +0000

by Erwin Chemerinsky After a decade of weakening federal protection of voting rights, the Supreme Court last Thursday reaffirmed that the Voting Rights Act prevents racial discrimination in drawing election […]

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Prepare for law to move further right

Syndicated Columnist — Fri, 07 Oct 2022 03:02:00 +0000

by Erwin Chemerinsky As the Supreme Court begins its new term, it’s clear that the court’s majority is determined to move the law much further to the right. The last […]

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Guest essay: If abortion rights are expendable, your rights are, too

Submitted to The Dominion Post — Sun, 28 Aug 2022 03:04:00 +0000

by Sarah Barnes If you supported the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and are elated that abortion is illegal in much of the United States, we have some bad […]

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Democracy not a partisan issue

Syndicated Columnist — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 03:00:00 +0000

by Rev. Jesse Jackson While the United States champions democracy across the world, our own democracy is under siege. Nothing is more fundamental to democracy than the right to vote […]

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