Jan 30, 2018 | The Respect Rundown
In the fall 2017 edition of Respect, we tackled the issue of voter suppression and reported on the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. Since then, that commission, which only met twice and was plagued with controversy and eight lawsuits, has been...
Oct 31, 2017 | The Respect Rundown
The current White House Administration has issued policies that target the transgender community. Most recently, Attorney General Jeff Sessions released a memo advising of the White House’s position that federal statutes prohibiting discrimination based on sex do not...
Sep 29, 2017 | The Respect Rundown
According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, 34 states have laws requiring voters to show some form of ID at the polls. Some state laws specifically require photo identification, others states do not. (New Jersey requires no document to vote.) In the...
Sep 1, 2017 | The Respect Rundown, Uncategorized
Gerrymandering—the manipulation of boundaries in congressional districts to favor one political party over another—has been around since the early 1800s. The courts have been somewhat hesitant to declare partisan gerrymandering unconstitutional. Racial gerrymandering,...
