Showing posts with label minority rule. Show all posts
Showing posts with label minority rule. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Opinion | How Michigan Ended Minority Rule - The New York Times
Ms. Fahey founded a group, Voters Not Politicians, to put an initiative on the ballot calling for an independent citizens commission, instead of the State Legislature, to draw new political districts. Within 110 days 428,000 signatures had been collected with the help of more than 4,000 volunteers, many recruited through social media, and no paid staff members; a rare feat in Michigan history...
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
How Minority Rule Threatens Democracy (Terry Gross; Fresh Air podcast)
It's a fundamental tension in a democracy: How do you have majority rule in a way that also protects minority rights? Journalist Ari Berman says the Founding Fathers struggled with that question back in 1787 — except, for them, white male landowners were the minority in need of protection.
"Most of the founders were skeptical of the public's ability to elect the president directly," Berman says. "So they created this very complicated situation in which electors would elect the president instead of the people electing the president directly."
In his new book, Minority Rule, Berman connects the debates and compromises of the country's founders to contemporary politics. He says the founding fathers created a system that concentrated power in the hands of the elite and that today, institutions like the Electoral College and the Senate — designed as a check against the power of the majority — are having much the same effect.
Interview:
"Most of the founders were skeptical of the public's ability to elect the president directly," Berman says. "So they created this very complicated situation in which electors would elect the president instead of the people electing the president directly."
In his new book, Minority Rule, Berman connects the debates and compromises of the country's founders to contemporary politics. He says the founding fathers created a system that concentrated power in the hands of the elite and that today, institutions like the Electoral College and the Senate — designed as a check against the power of the majority — are having much the same effect.
Interview:
Thursday, November 9, 2023
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...
Saturday, December 11, 2021
Republicans want to win back swing state Michigan by hook or by crook | Judd Legum | The Guardian
Efforts are under way to undermine democracy in Michigan, for the benefit of Republican minority rule…
Saturday, January 23, 2021
The Insurrection Was Put Down. The GOP Plan for Minority Rule Marches On. – Mother Jones
..,In the past decade, the GOP has dropped any pretense of trying to appeal to a majority of Americans. Instead, recognizing that the structure of America's political institutions diminishes the influence of urban areas, young Americans, and voters of color, it caters to a conservative white minority that is drastically overrepresented in the Electoral College, the Senate, and gerrymandered legislative districts. This strategy of white grievance reached a fever pitch when domestic terrorists emboldened by the president occupied the Capitol to prevent Congress from certifying Biden's Electoral College victory. But that unprecedented attempt by Trump and his allies to overturn the election results is a mere prelude to a new era of minority rule, which not only will attempt to block the agenda of a president elected by an overwhelming majority but threatens the long-term health of American democracy. "The will of the people," wrote Thomas Jefferson in 1801, "is the only legitimate foundation of any government." And now that foundation is crumbling...
Friday, September 20, 2019
The GOP Has a Secret Plan to Preserve Its Grip on Power - Truthdig
As America grows progressively more liberal and diverse, Republicans have concluded they can only govern by way of minority rule.....
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-gop-has-a-secret-plan-to-preserve-its-grip-on-power/
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-gop-has-a-secret-plan-to-preserve-its-grip-on-power/
Friday, September 13, 2019
Robert Reich: The Secret GOP Plan to Keep Power
Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich explains how the GOP has implemented minority rule against an increasingly diverse and liberal America. ....
https://youtu.be/vkBuZw-yEEs
https://youtu.be/vkBuZw-yEEs
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