Redistricting is just coal for the crazy train, and gets worse every election
The Ledger via Yahoo News· 10 months agoNationwide, it's redistricting season. Ever since the Supreme Court’s landmark “Baker v. Carr”...
How Tennessee legislature's new district maps will drag them back to court | Hunt
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRedistricting by state legislatures is always a nest of insider politics. In Davidson County, it...
It’s time for real election reform
The Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 months agoWhile it would be wonderful to blame division in the nation on a single person or party or ideology, its infantile. Journalists will tell you that the...
Opinion | The Supreme Court Has Too Much Power and Liberals Are to Blame
Politico via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe Supreme Court has usurped the power of the elected branches to interpret the Constitution and to...
OPINION: Remember how Tennessee Democrats handled redistricting for four decades
Tribune Publishing via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJun. 19—Sometime in the next four months, Tennessee will receive census data needed to begin the process of re-aligning its nine congressional districts to have roughly the same number of people ...
Steny Hoyer: Letting the Filibuster Stand Will Break American Democracy
Time via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn many ways, the United States Senate is an anachronism left over from a time when thirteen...
Do the state's new congressional maps pass constitutional muster?
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis week, both chambers of the Republican-dominated Tennessee General Assembly gave their final...
Letters to the Editor: Texas needs you, Lyle Larson
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 1 year agoKudos to Lyle Larson for speaking the truth and having a clear plan that could begin to solve real problems in Texas. You have offered solutions that...
Overturning Roe v. Wade would allow abortion to be a state legislative issue
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe claim that abortion will be illegal if Roe is overturned is blatantly false. If Roe — which even...
Today in History
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoToday in History Today is Saturday, March 26, the 85th day of 2022. There are 280 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 26, 2010, the U.S. and Russia sealed the first ...