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Here’s Why Common Cause Filed 57 Complaints Against the Trump Administration for Violating Federal Ethics Laws
When the Trump Administration started using government platforms to blame Democrats for the shutdown, we jumped into action.
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Democracy Counts Newsletter, April 2019
Yes, it's April Fools, but the Census is far from an April fools joke.
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Top Five Takeaways from Rucho v. Common Cause Oral Arguments
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SCOTUS Audio File and Transcript: Rucho v Common Cause, March 26, 2019
The official audio file and transcript from the Supreme Court of the United States, March 26, 2019, Rucho v Common Cause.
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Rucho v. Common Cause SCOTUS Rally… As It Happened
As the Supreme Court heard our landmark lawsuit to end gerrymandering, hundreds of activists rallied outside to demand fair representaiton for every American. Here's what people at the rally had to say...
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Gerrymander Gazette – SCOTUS at last edition
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Lamone v Benisek: A Frustration with Gerrymandering Led One Man to the Supreme Court
Steve Shapiro was an engineer, a Democrat in Maryland, and a member of Common Cause. His frustration with his own state party and the way they gerrymandered district lines in 2011 led him to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Partisan Redistricting Before Elbridge Gerry: Why the History of Gerrymandering Matters Today
The history of redistricting and representation in the United States points to why the U.S. Supreme Court needs to finally outlaw partisan gerrymandering once and for all.
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Gerrymandering Funnies: John Oliver April 9, 2017
As the Supreme Court considers Rucho v. Common Cause, we remember some of our favorite gerrymandering moments, this one from John Oliver's Last Week Tonight on HBO from April 9, 2017.
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Gerrymandering: The Movie “How Elections are Rigged” by Snag Films
As the Supreme Court considers Rucho v. Common Cause we bring you some of the best videos that explain the issue. This is the long form documentary "How Elections Are Rigged" by Snag Films, 2016.
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Never Voted With Fair Maps: Q and A with Love Caesar
As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear a historic challenging to partisan gerrymandering in North Carolina, Love Caesar, an NC A&T student, gives her perspective on the state of gerrymandering and voting rights.
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Legislative v. judicial: A lengthy timeline of North Carolina gerrymandering
Common Cause is taking the North Carolina legislature to court over partisan gerrymandering. Here is how we got here.
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News Blues
I have a bad case of news blues. Journalism is fast becoming a vast wasteland, recalling the great Newt Minow’s insightful characterization of television in the early Sixties. Newsrooms across the land are hollowed out, or in many cases shuttered.
