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As part of their Freedom in the World survey series, Freedom House downgraded the United States's score significantly in their civil rights and political liberties index between 2010 (94) and 2020 (83) and a 6-point loss during the first Trump presidency alone, citing the need for 3 main reforms: removing barriers to voting, limiting the ...
In other states, poll taxes had to be paid for several years before being eligible to vote. Enforcement of poll tax laws was patchy. Election officials had the discretion whether or not to ask for a voter's poll tax receipt. [5] The constitutionality of the poll tax was upheld by the Supreme Court in the 1937 Breedlove v.
According to conservative academic Sean Speer, some of the most important developments within the 21st century American conservative movement include the rise of Donald Trump and right-wing populism more broadly, an emerging movement within conservatism that is opposed to both post-Cold War neoliberalism and liberalism more broadly, [123] a ...
Historically, the conservative has favored liberty for the higher orders and constraint for the lower orders." And, he goes on, it has historically defined itself against the movements it opposes.
On Monday, as Vice President Kamala Harris presides over a joint session of Congress to certify her own election loss to Donald Trump, she will be focused on ensuring a peaceful transfer of power ...
The Supreme Court, whose 6-3 conservative majority includes three Trump appointees, on Thursday is scheduled to hear Trump's appeal of a ruling by Colorado's top court that disqualified him from ...
An electoral wipeout occurs when a major party wins no seats in an election - "wiped out" means no one left, from that party, in the body that has had an election. It is the opposite of a landslide victory; the two frequently go hand in hand.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) argued that Democrats and Vice President Harris lost the presidential election because they think Americans are “dummies.” “Their attitude is, ‘You guys are a ...