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People place flowers outside of the U.S. Supreme Court in memory of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in Washington, D.C, on September 19, 2020. Ginsburg died September 18, opening a crucial vacancy on the high court, setting off a pitched political battle at the peak of the presidential campaign. (Photo: Jose Luis Magana/AFP via Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"The fate of our rights, our freedoms, our healthcare, our bodies, our lives, and our country depend on what happens over the coming months."


Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg prepares to administer the Oath of Allegiance to candidates for U.S. citizenship at the New-York Historical Society on April 10, 2018 in New York City. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

by Alicia Bannon
GOP senators invented a new standard in order to deny President Obama a Supreme Court appointment in 2016. Now they should abide by it.


Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) looks on as Senator Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) speaks to the media following their weekly policy luncheon on April 30, 2019 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Pete Marovich/Getty Images/adjusted with filter)

by Juan Cole
They ought to come in prepared to introduce serious reform so that our laws reflect the will of our 330 million people rather than that of a few corrupt billionaires allied with hypocritical religious fundamentalists.


Advocacy groups have planned a candlelight vigil outside the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. to honor the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. (Image: Women's March/Facebook; Illustration: Jenny Belin)

by Common Dreams staff
"She gave all she could, with literally all she had. Now it's our turn."


"Why have we handed over the enormous assets we own to this expanding corporate state?" (Photo: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jaroslavd/14025551677/">jerry dohnal</a>/flickr/cc)</p>

by Ralph Nader
The corporate "Borg" is sucking the ready availability of the good life, decent, secure livelihoods assured by our collective self-reliance, and the freedom to shape our future out of our political economy.


Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg participates in a discussion during the Library of Congress National Book Festival at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on Saturday, August 31, 2019. (Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
On her deathbed, she told her granddaughter: "My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed."


People stand in line, spaced six apart due to Covid-19, in order to vote early at the Fairfax Government Center on September 18, 2020 in Fairfax, Virginia. Voters waited up to four hours to early vote in the upcoming 2020 presidential election. (Photo: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Given the pandemic, said one organizer, "we are really stressing that folks should try to vote as early as possible, whether they do that by mail or in person."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
The National Task Force on Election Crises warned that "period of uncertainty" caused by surge in mail-in ballots could "allow bad actors to attempt to undermine our democratic process."


President Donald Trump's tweets have been slapped with a "misleading" warning—again. (Photo: Gage Skidmore/Flickr/cc)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
The president's latest baseless attack on mail-in ballots drew yet another warning from Twitter.

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