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AMERICAN WAY MAY 2022
SPOTLIGHT
This week — just 10 days after the white supremacist massacre in Buffalo — we had another horrific mass shooting, at an elementary school in Texas. A once unimaginable tragedy has happened yet again, as far-right elected officials in Congress and across the country continue to stand in the way of commonsense gun reform laws – but our anger over their inaction will not turn to despair. While we grieve the tragic and avoidable loss of life, we will continue mobilizing to hold each one of them accountable for their failure to act by supporting candidates that will.
The Dangerous GOP Rhetoric that’s Enabling White Supremacist Violence
The mass shooting in Buffalo has drawn attention to the “Great Replacement Theory,” a theory boosted by the Far Right and its allies at Fox News and some conservative media. Tragically, the GOP is becoming a party whose modern legacy is being defined by violent white supremacists. If we are ever going to stop this sort of home-grown white supremacist terrorism, it is going to take all of our leaders doing everything they can.
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THIS MONTH
Pay Attention to Roe v. Wade and the Far Right’s Extreme Plans
Things are about to get worse for millions of vulnerable people in our country.
The far right-wing majority on the U.S. Supreme Court is getting ready to reverse Roe v. Wade, the 50-year-old ruling that recognized a pregnant person’s right to have an abortion. Abortion is legal today, but pretty soon that could no longer be the case in most of the country.
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Far-Right Supreme Court Opens the Door for Even More Corruption Through Campaign Contributions
The far-right Supreme Court majority has issued yet another ruling undermining efforts to address corrupt dealings through campaign contributions. This time, the Court has given special interests an opening to enrich the personal wealth of elected officials.
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NEW VIDEO: Tell the Senate to Confirm Nancy Abudu
This week, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold their markup vote for one of President Biden’s latest judicial nominees: Nancy Abudu, a legal scholar who has fought for years to protect the rights of the underprivileged and has been nominated to serve on the Eleventh Circuit. Watch our latest video featuring People For board member Rabbi David Saperstein promoting Abudu’s nomination and then sign (and share!) our petition calling on the Senate to confirm her.
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Senate Committee Evaluates Judicial Ethics, Responds to the Leaked Alito Draft
It’s a not-infrequent situation where a federal judge has some type of personal or financial conflicting interest in a case that’s been brought before them. The ethics codes that govern the U.S. judicial system will typically require those judges to recuse themselves from the case in order to preserve impartiality. Not so for the Supreme Court. Earlier this month, the Senate Judiciary Committee took up this exact issue when they evaluated whether to pass legislation that would create a strict code of ethics that would apply to Supreme Court justices.
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This Month In the Courts
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Trump Judges Let Florida Voter Suppression Law Go Back Into Effect
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Supreme Court Majority Cuts Off Key Immigration Decisions From Judicial Review
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Trump Judge Forces Biden Administration to Continue Restrictive Trump Asylum Policy
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MORE NEWS & ANALYSIS
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Trump Justices Cast Deciding Votes to Seriously Weaken the Constitutional Right to Counsel
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People For: Biden Policing Executive Order Would Fall Short
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New ‘Dream Team’ of federal judges
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RIGHT WING WATCH
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Big Lie and Christian Nationalism Promoter Doug Mastriano Wins GOP Primary for Pennsylvania Governor
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David Barton Falsely Claims Voter Turnout ‘Was 100 Percent’ in Early America Because ‘Churches Ran the Communities’
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Radical Conspiracy Theorist Stew Peters Campaigned for Idaho Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin
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Executions and Civil War: A Preview of a Roe-Free America?
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Janet Porter Hopes to Apply the Strategy Behind Texas’ ‘Heartbeat Bill’ to LGBTQ Issues in Public Schools
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Christian Nationalist Rick Joyner Promotes Janet Porter’s Congressional Bid
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