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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...
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...
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...
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....