As more states move to absentee/mail-in voting, voter challenger laws pose a threat to the integrity of our elections.
My new piece for @GeorgetownICAP: https://t.co/KH1HMqtfA6
"States like Michigan should adopt safeguards to protect absentee voters & other voters against politically motivated efforts to ‘challenge’ their qualification to vote."
Great new piece by @GeorgetownLaw student @NatalieTecimer on our Medium page: https://t.co/sfT2lmGOSH
Our hearts go out to the Indian people in the midst of the horrific COVID-19 outbreak. We are working closely with our partners in the Indian government, and we will rapidly deploy additional support to the people of India and India's health care heroes.
“There are always going to be people, because of what you look like, that will question your qualification,” says Defense Sec Lloyd Austin about racism he’s experienced in the military. “It doesn't change as you climb the ladder. You still get the doubts.” https://t.co/DbPpcH2FTN
During my time as a student attorney with the Rising for Justice clinic, I learned just how bad conditions are at Marbury Plaza in Anacostia. I’m thrilled to see this coverage of the rent strike and legal advocacy from @NLSP_DC & RFJ! via @streetsensedc
https://t.co/LN5zz7EDhi
Congratulations to ICAP's founding executive director, Josh Geltzer @jgeltzer , on his new role building a team at the NSC to tackle domestic extremism. The ICAP team is grateful for his leadership over nearly 4 years since our launch in 2017!
“We have not yet achieved a perfectly just society. Events of the past year and more have shown us that.”
“What we saw [Wednesday] was an attack on the very institutions of democracy, the very tools of self-governance.”
—@GeorgetownLaw Dean Treanor: https://t.co/JXVUFqqW87
.@kath_hicks has been a role model for me since my time @CSIS, especially for her way of lifting up junior employees and seeking policy input from diverse voices. She is a phenomenal pick for Deputy Defense Secretary! https://t.co/YFB0yZFqK2
"Still, groups found ways to use poll watching to try to intimidate voters, according to Mr. Riley. One tactic is to file challenges against voters when they arrive at the polling place if only to 'gum up the works'."–Nicolas Riley w/ @FT, @JoshuaChaffin: https://t.co/WJMRcaWOku
Another horrible side of the global pandemic: “school-age children in India are now performing all kinds of work, from rolling cigarettes and stacking bricks to serving tea outside brothels”
via @NYTimes https://t.co/EFpH6yIf3O
Civil Rights battles continue today, says Desmond Meade. He recalls voting after Amendment 4 passed:
“When I went... to vote, I brought [with me] all of my ancestors that were hung on trees... burned... bitten by dogs... sprayed by fire hoses.” https://t.co/OfHRB1r0kj
Wow, this really is beautiful. An amazing find of an essay by the 13-year-old Ruth Bader, from Brooklyn 1946, w/words that still resonate powerfully today:
A Jewish teaching says those who die just before the Jewish new year are the ones God has held back until the last moment bc they were needed most & were the most righteous. And so it was that #RBG died as the sun was setting last night marking the beginning of RoshHashanah
The justices are “out” and about to mark the day. Justice Breyer kicked off the morning with @gwlaw discussing how students should participate in public life.
Referring to his handheld Constitution, “The people who wrote this thought, if you do not participate, this won’t work.”