In recent #legislative sessions, legislators have introduced #VRAs in Maryland, Michigan, Illinois, and New Jersey, while Washington in April enacted improvements that enhance its current voting rights law.
New York and Connecticut’s VRAs, the NYVRA and CTVRA, respectively, contain a “#democracy canon” that directs courts to construe #election and #votinglaws liberally in favor of protecting the rights of #voters and ensuring #minority groups “have equitable access to fully participate in the electoral process.”
#StateVotingRightsLegislation

>75 Jahre Herrenchiemsee - die Wiege der deutschen Verfassung<

Artikel 1 #Grundgesetz war in seiner Aussage und Deutlichkeit einmal besser aufgestellt, wie dieser Bericht ueber die Entwicklungshistorie unseres Grundgesetzes durchblicken lässt.

Die heutige Formulierung hat an Praegnanz verloren.

Resultat 70 % #Menschenwuerde im Bezug auf das #SGBII & das Urteil des #BVerfG

Das stimmt nachdenklich.

#Rechtsgestaltung

#Demokratie

Zur Ambivalenz der #Legislative

https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/75-jahre-herrenchiemsee-die-wiege-der-deutschen-verfassung-dlf-kultur-e6317b46-100.html

No one who has tried to overthrow the constitutional order by sending his mob of deplorables and knuckle-draggers to attack the #legislative should get a bloody pass for doing so.
No one.

Those #GOPasshats clearly have lost the plot. This was an attack on the #constitution, this was an attack on the #election, and it was an attack on #democracy.
The orange horror clown should be banned from running - and better even go to jail. LOCK HIM UP! #UnitedStates

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-2024-january-6_n_64bfd558e4b038c60ccbc4d7

@isotopp Ja, die #Legislative kann sich ihre #Gesetze einfach so ausdenken, voll Pipi #Langstrumpf-Denken dort.

Judges in #Brazil ban #Bolsonaro from running for office for eight years over "appalling lies".

Sounds reasonable - could some judges in the #UnitedStates do the same with that pathological liar with his fake bronze skin tone who tried to send his violent mob after the #legislative to prevent the certification of his #election loss?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/30/jair-bolsonaro-judges-vote-ban-running-for-office

Aaron Cantu gets an #oil company #lobbyist to explain how the process really works. "“We put [the decoy language] so we could move it through the #legislative process, and when we get it to the [Assembly Natural Resources Committee], we’re gonna switch out the language for the language we really want,” https://capitalandmain.com/california-lobbyist-explains-how-to-skirt-climate-scrutiny-in-state-legislature

Pills to #Trans People. Then, It Disappeared.
Fake sites are using #socialmedia to target #LGBTQ community as more states ban #genderaffirming #healthcare. Fake pills come amidst #legislative & #political attacks against trans people & LGBTQ community. More than dozen states have passed laws making it difficult or illegal for trans youth to obtain gender-affirming healthcare such as hormones and puberty blockers, and some Republican want to extend ban to adults.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3mm88/a-sketchy-website-advertised-fake-hormone-pills-to-trans-people-then-it-disappeared #Pride

Why so many critics are wrong about how to fix what ails America and what it would take to actually do it

https://medium.com/ellemeno/an-idiots-guide-to-what-s-wrong-with-america-c1cc8c15a317

#Government #Governance #Civics #Politics #Democracy #Constitution #Republic #Legislative #Legislation #Law #Judiciary #Executive #Senate #HouseOfRepresentatives #SupremeCourt #Sovereign #State #PoliticalParty #Election #CitizensUnited #FoxNews #Amendment #Filibuster #Reform #Fairness #Finance #Gerrymandering #Ethics #Safety #Truth #Liberty #Fascism #Greed #Justice

@lovinurbanism das würde aber voraussetzen, dass #Exekutive, #Judikative und #Legislative das #Neonazi-Sein als solches ächten und konsequent verbieten und verfolgen...

Bomb throwers versus legislators

Back benchers were frequently excluded from government mostly because they saw their role as tearing down the orderly functioning of #government.

Speaker #mccarthy is finding out that by allowing back benchers onto important parts of his #legislative body, he enabled the worst of the #GOP.

Don’t you miss Nancy Pelosi?

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4026377-first-republican-publicly-supports-ousting-mccarthy-as-speaker/

😎 #Jura-Frage anlässlich der gestrigen Razzia gegen Mitglieder der #LetzteGeneration @AufstandLastGen:

Ist #Gewaltenteilung noch gut gewährleistet, wenn Biografien hochrangiger Jurist*innen berufliches Wechseln zwischen der #Legislative und der #Judikative zeigen?

Ich beziehe mich exemplarisch auf zwei Juristen, auf den derzeitigen Amtschef im Bayerischen Staatsministerium der Justiz und den derzeitigen Generalstaatsanwalt in München.

Quellen:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Arloth
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhard_R%C3%B6ttle

😎 #Jura-Frage anlässlich der gestrigen Razzia gegen Mitglieder der #LetzteGeneration @AufstandLastGen:

Ist #Gewaltenteilung noch gut gewährleistet, wenn Biografien hochrangiger Jurist*innen berufliches ›Pendeln› zwischen der #Legislative und der #Judikative zeigen?

Ich beziehe mich exemplarisch auf zwei Juristen, auf den derzeitigen Amtschef im Bayerischen Staatsministerium der Justiz und den derzeitigen Generalstaatsanwalt in München.

Quellen:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Arloth
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhard_R%C3%B6ttle

Governor Dunleavy Calls Legislature into Immediate Special Session
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(Juneau) – Wednesday evening, Governor Mike Dunleavy issued a proclamation for a 30-day special session to begin Thursday, May 18, 2023, at 10:00 a.m.

The call for...
https://alaska-native-news.com/governor-dunleavy-calls-legislature-into-immediate-special-session/67861/
#legislative #session #alaska #dunleavy #special session #proclamation #budget

#OHIO
Recreational #marijuana backers expect to begin gathering signatures as #legislative deadline looms without action
https://www.cleveland.com/news/2023/04/recreational-marijuana-backers-expect-to-begin-gathering-signatures-as-legislative-deadline-looms-without-action.html

🚨Breaking News: The top #NorthCarolina #court, with a new #Republican majority, reversed a decision on the state’s #legislative and congressional maps, opening the door for the #GOP -controlled Legislature to draw new districts skewed in Republicans' favor.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/28/us/north-carolina-supreme-court-gerrymander.html

And so it begins: documenting #Louisiana’s 2023 #legislative session and all the #antiTrans shenanigans.

We showed up to a rally with our microphone and our sunny disposition, gave out stickers, and had a lovely time.

Watch our little video segment here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/13vMW2pQlwe0cVLrx3Scz3nZWSyEfE6bC/view?usp=drivesdk

#protectTransYouth #TransPeopleBelongInLouisiana #fuckYeahTrans

Elinson, Gregory, Norm-Breakers, Rights-Makers: #Legislative #Norms, #Democratization, and the Fight For#CivilRights (February 1, 2023). Northern Illinois University College of Law Legal Studies Research Paper, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4348414 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4348414 #LegalResearch #CivilRights #democracy, #CivilRightsAct, #VotingRightsAct

James Downie, MSNBC Opinion Editor - #DonaldTrump and #Clarence homas were in the news for basically the same reason. Both are examples of a wider problem: #outright #corruption being defined down into #paperwork #problems. Hits nail on the head. #Corruption in all three branches #executive #legislative and #judicial https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/donald-trump-clarence-thomas-corruption-rcna78729

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RT @DkFrankel: Support #SB274 #Nevada #Legislative #workers #injured #industrial #tbi #dystonia #workerscomp #corruption #unlawful ⁦@NevadaAG⁩ ⁦@gov_lombardoNV⁩ ⁦@SkipDaly⁩ ⁦@SenCortezMasto⁩ ⁦@newsbreakApp⁩ ⁦@FoxNews⁩ ⁦@KOLO8⁩ ⁦@WoundedBlue⁩ https://t.co/QUhwjyQ5KA

Denkpause: Die Leute protestieren auf der Straße. Die #Legislative solle bitte ihre Versprechen einlösen.
Die Legislative hetzt die bewaffnete #Exekutive auf die Leute, um sie einzusperren. Die #Judikative braucht Jahre, um das zu beurteilen. #Gewaltenteilung war gestern.

#Demokratie bleibt im Kapitalfeudalismus eine #Utopie