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Opinion: The end of prosecutorial discretion: A slippery slope for democracy
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 3 months agoProsecutorial discretion — the power of district attorneys to make decisions about whether or not to...
Jim Wayne: Make better decisions by legislating in openness, honesty and mutual respect
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJoe Gerth’s recent column “Here's how a bill really becomes law in Kentucky,” captures in a humorous...
Column: When cost-benefit is the basis for whether to vote, democracy is threatened
The Herald-Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn order for a representative democracy to work, it has long seemed to me we must learn to live with...
Letters: Maybe Republicans are afraid they are out of touch
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 2 years ago'How stupid we were' My wife and I are chumps. We and our families, made economic and life choices...
Opinion | The Supreme Court Has Too Much Power and Liberals Are to Blame
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Supreme Court has usurped the power of the elected branches to interpret the Constitution and to...
Democracy's appeal is slipping as nations across much of the world hold elections, a poll finds
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 months agoRepresentative democracy remains a favorite system of governance around the globe, but its appeal is...
No more fast-tracking legislation. Kentuckians deserve participation in the lawmaking process.
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 4 months agoOur representative democracy rests on a basic principle: The people have a right to participate in...
Al Cross: Voters have their say on abortion; now the courts can, then the legislature
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year ago“It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms...
Reimagining democracy: Technology may negate need for Congress
United Press International via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe modern representative democracy was the best form of government that mid-18th-century technology...
Dobbs Is Reshaping American Politics
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAlex Wong/Getty When the Supreme Court ruled in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, everyone knew the fallout—for women, for doctors, for U.S....