Author. Democracy advocate. Working on a PhD @UMassAmherst.
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Adam Eichen retweeted
The day that the FedSoc supermajority stabs American democracy yet again is a wild day to unbox this for the first time. Rage-induced preorders welcome!
Adam Eichen retweeted
Here we go! We're launching a competition and giving a $50,000 prize to the video that best demonstrates the federal court mistake that gave us Super PACs. @iJasonAlexander can tell you all about it.
Visit CancelSuperPACs.com to enter. #CancelSuperPACs
Adam Eichen retweeted
NEW: State supreme courts are so powerful but so much about them is very under radar.
Today @boltsmag is publishing its biggest project to date: a guide to all you might want to know about each state supreme court, **state-by-state.**
Huge resource: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the-ba…
Adam Eichen retweeted
Huge news in Ohio, where the Republican-led legislature ignored constitutional amendments that were supposed to serve as guardrails against extreme partisan gerrymandering last year. theguardian.com/us-news/2022…
Adam Eichen retweeted
Remember this: The Supreme Court we have is because of SuperPACs.
Today we're launching a crowdfunding campaign to raise a prize ($50k!) for the best crowdsourced video explaining why even this Supreme Court would recognize the First Amendment does not require SuperPACs.
Adam Eichen retweeted
All 50 state constitutions offer explicit protection for the right to vote, unlike the underprotection within the U.S. Constitution.
Today's #SCOTUS decision reaffirms that the state courts can use these state constitutions to protect voters.
Adam Eichen retweeted
SCOTUS just rejected the independent state legislature theory, in a 6-3 decision.
Court held that the case is NOT moot.
And that "the Elections Clause does not vest exclusive and independent authority in state legislatures to set the rules regarding federal elections."
Adam Eichen retweeted
TODAY -- through the '23'24 Constitutional Convention already recessed, rights restoration is in the mix and on the calendar THIS SESSION.
Let's act. Tell your legislator to support full rights restoration at bit.ly/restore_rights_may
#mapoli #bospoli
Adam Eichen retweeted
I'm truly sorry Sheila is leaving OpenSecrets. She has done an outstanding job as leader of the premier group dedicated to disclosure of money in politics. She is the gold standard for a leader of a nonpartisan research and disclosure organization. 1/4 opensecrets.org/news/2023/05…
Adam Eichen retweeted
The Democracy for the People Act has officially been signed into law!
It is the biggest piece of pro-democracy legislation in Minnesota in almost 50 years!
Thanks to everyone who has shown up to help take this step in building the multiracial democracy Minnesotans deserve.
Adam Eichen retweeted
NEW: Why NJ could lower the voting age to 16, for @northjersey northjersey.com/story/opinio…
Adam Eichen retweeted
A fantastic win for #democracy: New York State's new campaign public financing program has been funded! Programs like New York's increase voter engagement and amplify the voices of ordinary Americans in the election process, strengthening our democracy. spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/ce…
Adam Eichen retweeted
Featuring insights from @UMassPoll Graduate Fellows @AdamEichen & Maddi Hertz on public opinion toward felon enfranchisement in Massachusetts.
bostonglobe.com/2023/04/24/o… via @BostonGlobe
Adam Eichen retweeted
New: In the little over 4 years he's been governor, Ron DeSantis has waged one of the most aggressive, brazen, and successful attacks on the right to vote. "I fear for what's to come," one state lawmaker said. theguardian.com/us-news/2023…
Adam Eichen retweeted
Tennessee Republicans are treating the residents of their state not as citizens deserving of the representatives of their choice but as subjects in an internal colony.
BREAKING: A Shelby County commissioner told @FOX13Memphis on Friday that Nashville leaders are threatening to take away funding from Memphis and other Shelby County projects if the county commission decides to reinstate expelled @Justinjpearson
fox13memphis.com/news/memphi…?
Adam Eichen retweeted
Of course Protasiewicz win is huge, but state lower courts matter too, and union-side labor lawyer Sara Geenen has just ousted a Walker-appointed judge on Wisconsin Court of Appeals.
To show how far Dems have come on the courts, Brash ran *unopposed* in 2017
Another huge WI win
Adam Eichen retweeted
Wisconsin's Election Day is tomorrow!
my rundown of why the supreme court election is a big test for abortion rights & democracy in a state where legislative power is now largely election-proof:
boltsmag.org/wisconsin-supre…
Adam Eichen retweeted
Let’s recap.
GOP drew itself massive election-proof majorities in Wisconsin.
A liberal state court may break the cycle of that majority keeping itself in power via new gerrymanders…
… except the majority is so big it could impeach the judges:
jsonline.com/story/news/poli…
