by #OliviaLittle in #MediaMatters:

"Media Matters acquired Moms for Liberty’s legislative advocacy blueprint, a 17-page resource guide detailing the group’s elaborate state legislative plan. It confirms that Moms for Liberty has formally established a legislative program and expanded its organizational jurisdiction from school boards to state legislatures. The document provides detailed instructions on how to establish meetings and relationships with legislators, along with guidance on creating calls to action and developing state legislative agendas."

https://www.mediamatters.org/moms-liberty/how-moms-liberty-helping-states-pass-vicious-anti-lgbtq-bills

#MomsForLiberty #StateLegislature #StateLegislatures #statehouses #legislators #SchoolBoards #SchoolBoard #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #AntiLGBTQ

by #KamauChege in @urbanistorg:

"[W]orking people know that private wealth is built on public infrastructure and public investments paid for by all of us — especially low-income folks who pay more than their share in taxes. The roads and the transportation system corporate executives use to get goods to market, the schools and universities that train their workers, and the regulation and safety systems they rely on build the wealth of the people who live and do business in our state."

https://www.theurbanist.org/2023/06/01/lessons-from-washington-states-new-capital-gains-tax/

#Washington #taxes #rich #wealthy #UltraWealthy #legislation #StateLegislature #CapitalGains #StockMarket #DepartmentOfRevenue #WashingtonCommunityAlliance

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett is likely to block a GOP attack on democracy, in Moore v. Harper - Vox

Moore v. Harper, one of the scariest election cases in the Supreme Court’s modern history, probably won’t end in catastrophe.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2022/12/7/23498507/supreme-court-moore-harper-amy-coney-barrett-democracy-voting-rights-north-carolina

#USPol #USSupremeCourt #SCOTUS #MooreVHarper #StateLegislature #IndependentStateLegislatureDoctrine #ISLD #FederalistSociety #AmyConeyBarrett

The deranged Supreme Court case that threatens US democracy, Moore v. Harper - Vox

Moore v. Harper is a test of whether this Supreme Court can ever be trusted with power.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2022/12/4/23481063/supreme-court-moore-harper-independent-state-legislature-doctrine-elections

#USPol #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #MooreVHarper #StateLegislature #IndependentStateLegislatureDoctrine #ISLD #ElectoralRules #VotingRights #Gerrymandering #FederalistSociety

How Wisconsin Became the GOP’s Laboratory for Dismantling Democracy – Mother Jones

Republicans are trying to make state politics voter-proof. If they prevail, the next coup attempt may well succeed.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/10/wisconsin-2022-midterms-gerrymandering-redistricting-evers-michels/

#USPol #Elections #Midterms #MidtermElections #2022Midterms #Midterms2022 #Wisconsin #StateLegislature #CoupAttempt #Gerrymandering