BIG NEWS — My resolution proposing a Constitutional Amendment to OVERTURN CITIZENS UNITED

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/90fWwaTxOd4 

 

The GOP’s major concession about expanding the Supreme Court

“The proposed amendment is simple: ‘The Supreme Court of the United States shall be composed of nine justices consisting of one chief justice and eight associate justices.’’ The GOP leadership is likely putting this proposed amendment forward to demonize Democrats as being in favor of “court packing.” Whether the bill’s sponsors realize it or not, though, its very existence concedes something vital: The choice of how many seats are on the Supreme Court is entirely up to Congress”

 https://www.ms.now/opinion/house-amendment-supreme-court-nine-seats

 

Michigan House forms committee to investigate state Elections Bureau

The Michigan House of Representatives is forming a new select committee to consider policy changes at the state Bureau of Elections and Board of State Canvassers…

 https://www.michiganpublic.org/politics-government/2026-08-27/michigan-house-forms-committee-to-investigate-state-elections-bureau 

Several states are weighing new curbs on direct democracy : NPR

Republican lawmakers pushing for these changes say a simple majority threshold makes amending their state constitution too easy — and thus too frequent of an occurrence...

 https://www.npr.org/2026/07/14/nx-s1-5877715/direct-democracy-state-constitutional-amendment-thresholds

 

Joe Manchin, Peter Welch unveil bill placing term limits on Supreme Court

Specifically, their resolution calls for a constitutional amendment to institute nonrenewable 18-year terms for new Supreme Court justices, with a new term starting every two years...

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5030197-supreme-court-term-limits-manchin-welch/

Biden calls for supreme court reforms including 18-year justice term limits

Biden called for a "no one is above the law" amendment to the constitution, which would make clear that no president is entitled to immunity from prosecution by virtue of having served in the White House. Biden also said justices' terms should be limited to 18 years, under a system where a new justice would be appointed to the supreme court by the serving president every two years...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/29/biden-us-supreme-court-reforms

FINALLY: Democrats take aggressive action against Supreme Court

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CacYLrEy54

🚨 Republican plan to UNDO Ohio's pro-choice ballot result BACKFIRES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGIqhAXCt2w

Ohio Republicans move to exclude judges from interpreting enshrined abortion rights

After stinging defeat in a statewide vote, GOP lawmakers seek to move jurisdiction to legislature for constitutional amendment…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/11/ohio-republicans-move-to-exclude-judges-interpreting-abortion-rights-law

Election Day 2023: Abortion Powers Democrats to Big Victories in 3 States - The New York Times

Ohio enshrined a right to abortion in its constitution, Gov. Andy Beshear was re-elected in deep-red Kentucky and Democrats seized full control of Virginia's Legislature. But Mississippi's Republican governor, Tate Reeves, secured a second term...

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/11/07/us/election-day-2023

Abortion rights supporters are celebrating wins in states like Ohio, Virginia : NPR

In a handful of states with off-year elections, abortion access appeared to be a winning issue for the second general election in a row, even more than a year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/08/1211429268/abortion-rights-2023-election-ohio-virginia-kentucky

‘Ohio spoke tonight’: voters add abortion rights to state constitution

State's Issue 1 passes with more than 57% of the vote in latest backlash to Roe v Wade's overturning…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/07/ohio-issue-1-abortion-rights-vote-result

Next for the GOP on Abortion: Minority Rule – Mother Jones

After it was clear that a whopping majority of Ohio citizens, despite it being a red state, favored allowing women to make their own choices, the Ohio House speaker, Jason Stephens, a Republican, declared, "I remain steadfastly committed to protecting life, and that commitment is unwavering. The legislature has multiple paths that we will explore to continue to protect innocent life. This is not the end of the conversation." 

In other words: We don't care what the vast majority of Ohioans want on this deeply personal matter; we will find a way to impose our position—a minority-held view—on everyone...

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/11/minority-rule-gop-republicans-abortion-rick-santorum/

Dark money: the quixotic quest to clean up US campaign financing

 "Let's get dark money out of our democracy," he tweeted. "And return power to the people."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/06/dark-money-campaign-financing-citizens-united