The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for June 11, 2025

What are Title 10, the Insurrection Act and the Posse Comitatus Act, and When Can the President Use Them?  Spoiler: LA Doesn’t Likely Qualify.
In a highly controversial action, President Trump is testing the reach of his powers by sending 4700 military personnel into Los Angeles to suppress protests. What are Title 10, the Insurrection Act and the Posse Comitatus Act?

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Articles & Resources:

U.S. Congress - Defense Primer: Legal Authorities for the Use of Military Forces
U.S. Code - Enabling the U.S. Military - Title X, Chapter 13, Section 251 - INSURRECTION
American Constitution Society - (2020) The President’s Legal Authority to Commit Troops
Domestically Under the Insurrection Act
NPR - Legal experts worry about presidential abuse of the Insurrection Act. Here's why
ABC News - LA protests live updates: LA mayor says more than 100 arrested, 'fringe groups' leading late-night protests 
 

Groups Taking Action:

Protect Democracy, Project on Government Oversight, Public Citizen

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#News #Democracy  #DemocracyNews #PosseComitatus #InsurrectionAct #USMilitary #LosAngeles #ICERaids

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for June 10, 2025

How Adding a Citizenship Question in the Next U.S. Census Could Change the Make-Up of Congress
You may have filled out a  U.S. Census questionnaire which promised to keep your individual data private.  There’s concern the Trump administration or Congress may add a question about your citizenship in the 2030 Census.  Would you answer it?

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Articles & Resources:

National Archives - (2019) Trump Executive Order on Collecting Information about Citizenship Status in Connection with the Decennial Census
NPR - (2020) Citizenship Question May Be 'Major Barrier' To 2020 Census Participation
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management - Citizenship question effects on household survey response
Jowei Chen and Nicholas O. Stephanopoulos  - Democracy's Denominator: What would happen if states stopped equalizing districts’ total populations and started equalizing their citizen voting-age
populations (CVAPs) instead?
Federal Register - Biden Executive Order:  Ensuring a Lawful and Accurate Enumeration and Apportionment Pursuant to the Decennial Census
Common Cause - Explainer: Trump’s Executive Order Rolling Back Census Protections
Votebeat - Trump’s quick executive actions could redefine who counts in our democracy

Groups Taking Action:

Common Cause, Campaign Legal Center

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The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for June 9, 2025

Arkansas Congressional District Racial Gerrymandering Case Dismissed by Federal Court Panel
A three-judge panel dismissed a case June 6th by a group of Black Arkansas voters that the state legislature racially gerrymandered Arkansas’ 2nd Congressional District. It’s the state’s fourth redistricting challenge since 2021. 

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Articles & Resources:

American Democracy Minute - (2024) U.S. Supreme Court Finds South Carolina Gerrymandering Case ‘Bleaching’ Congressional District Not Racially Motivated
American Redistricting Project - Arkansas Redistricting Process   
American Democracy Minute - (2024)  Federal Appeals Court Denies Rehearing of Radical Arkansas Voting Rights Act Ruling Shutting Out Voters & Democracy Groups from Bringing Cases
American Redistricting Project - Christian Ministerial Alliance v. Thurston
Arkansas Advocate - Federal panel rules in favor of state in Arkansas congressional redistricting lawsuit
U.S. District Court - Order in Christian Ministerial Alliance v. John Thurston 

Groups Taking Action:

Christian Ministerial Alliance , Legal Defense Fund

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U.S. Election Assistance Commission – Register And Vote in Your State

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#News #Democracy  #DemocracyNews #RacialGerrymandering #Arkansas #CongressionalDistrict2 #14thAmendment

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for June 6, 2025

Iowa Gov. Signs Bill Banning Ranked Choice Voting, and Allowing Poll Workers to Challenge Citizenship Status of Voters
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed two election bills May 2nd, one of which  includes provisions for poll workers to challenge the citizenship of voters in the polling place, a ban on ranked choice voting, and a higher bar for third parties.

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Articles & Resources:
Iowa Secretary of State - Iowa Secretary of State’s audit of voter registration lists finds 277 confirmed noncitizens registered to vote
Iowa Capital Dispatch - Iowa secretary of state says 277 noncitizens confirmed to be on Iowa’s voter rolls
Des Moines Register - After flagging 2,000+ ballots, Iowa secretary of state says 35 noncitizens voted in 2024
Iowa Legislature - House File 954

The Gazette - Iowa poll workers can question voters about their citizenship under new law
Iowa Capital Dispatch - Gov. Kim Reynolds signs bills on election recounts, voter citizenship verification
Brennan Center for Justice - Citizenship & Voting

Groups Taking Action:

ACLU Iowa, LULAC

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U.S. Election Assistance Commission – Register And Vote in Your State

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#News #Democracy  #DemocracyNews #NoncitizenVoting #Iowa #VoterSuppression #VoterChallenges 

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for June 5, 2025

Civil Trial Against My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell Starts June 9 for Allegedly Defaming Former Dominion Voting Systems Exec
We’ve been revisiting election denial hotspots this week, five years after the 2020 election. Monday, June 9th, a civil trial begins against My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell, accused of defaming former Dominion Voting Systems election security expert, Dr. Eric Coomer.

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Articles & Resources: 

Colorado Public Radio - (2020)  Election Conspiracy Theorists Focused On One Man In Colorado. His Life Will Never Be The Same
American Democracy Minute - (2023) Judge Rules Fox News Lied About Dominion Voting Systems Being Linked to Fraud; Sends Case to Jury Trial
Colorado Public Radio - (2023) Former Dominion Voting employee waits for his day(s) in court on multiple suits
Colorado Public Radio - (2024) Former Dominion employee defamation suit against Trump campaign can continue, court says
Courthouse News Service - (2025) Colorado appeals court greenlights Dominion Voting defamation claims against conservative radio host
The Bulwark - Mike Lindell Is Texting Me From His Defamation Trial
Colorado Politics - My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell defamation trial starts in Denver

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The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for June 4, 2025

Looking for a Presidential Pardon?  Loyalty and Endorsements are Apparently More Important Than Political Corruption
President Donald Trump recently announced pardons to a range of individuals, including convicted drug dealers, fraudsters, and . . .  convicted public officials.  ABC New reports 1 in 5 have political or financial ties to the president.

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Articles & Resources:

U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of the Pardon Attorney - Clemency Grants by President Donald J. Trump (2025-Present)
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington - Trump has granted clemency to 16 corrupt politicians—so far
ABC News - Trump's flurry of pardons include some to campaign contributors
CBS News - Trump says he's pardoning Scott Jenkins, a sheriff convicted of taking $75,000 in bribes
Nevada Independent - OPINION: Trump’s audacious Fiore pardon gets buried by what came next
American Democracy Minute - What Corruption? Trump Pardons Former KY State Senator for Campaign Finance Fraud, and May Be Preparing to Dismantle DOJ Public Integrity Section
PBS NewsHour - A look at Trump’s controversial pardons for political allies and loyalists

Groups Taking Action:

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, Public Citizen

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#News #Democracy  #DemocracyNews #PoliticalCorruption #TrumpPardons #Bribery #Fraud

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for June 3, 2025

CO Man Sentenced to 3 Years for Threats Against Top CO and AZ Election Officials, Judges and Law Enforcement
We recently reported on county supervisors in Shasta County, CA still clinging to debunked 2020 election fraud claims by President Trump and his allies.  May 29th, a Colorado man was sentenced to three years in prison for threats he made to top Colorado and Arizona election officials, fueled by those same claims. 

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Articles & Resources:

U.S. Department of Justice - (2024) Cortez Man Pleads Guilty To Making Threats Against Election Official
Colorado Public Radio - Colorado man who threatened election officials asked for leniency in sentencing, got 3 years 
Brennan Center for Justice - Poll of Election Officials Finds Concerns About Safety, Political Interference
Princeton University Bridging Divides Initiative - Threat and Harassment Incidents Targeting Local Officials Surge During 2024 Election
Federal Register - Executive Order:  Ending the Weaponization of the Federal Government
NBC News - Justice Department office that prosecutes public corruption slashed in size, sources say  

Groups Taking Action:

Protect Democracy, Issue One, Center for American Progress

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The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for June 2, 2025

Five Years After the 2020 Election, More Election Denier Turmoil in Shasta County, CA
Almost five years after the election, impacts of debunked 2020 election fraud claims by President Donald Trump and his allies still reverberate.  We’re back in Shasta County, California, where once again, supervisors have stoked an election-denier dumpster fire. 

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Articles & Resources:

American Democracy Minute - (2023) Shasta County Almost Hand-Counted Its Ballots in November. Instead, it Lost an Expensive Game of Election Denial Chicken with the State of California
American Democracy Minute - (2024) Five States Are Considering Conspiracy-Fueled Legislation Which Bans Ballot Tabulators.  But Fed-Up Voters are Pushing Back.
Shasta County Scout - After Four Days in his Appointed Role As Registrar of Voters, Clint Curtis Announces Campaign During Private “Town Hall”
Shasta County Scout - New Shasta County Election Official Terminates Top Staffer
SF Gate - 'Calm anger': After 17 years, Shasta elections official suddenly fired 

Groups Taking Action:

Common Cause California,  League of Women Voters Redding

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The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for May 30, 2025

With His Corruption Charges Dropped by the Trump DOJ, NYC Mayor Eric Adams Sues NY Campaign Finance Board for Denying Matching Funds
New York City Mayor Eric Adams had his bribery and corruption charges dropped by the U.S. Department of Justice under questionable circumstances in April. Because of those charges, the New York State Campaign Finance Board denied Adams matching campaign funds.  Adams is now suing to get those funds.

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Articles & Resources:

U.S. Department of Justice – New York City Mayor Eric Adams Charged With Bribery And Campaign Finance Offenses
Brennan Center for Justice – New York City Campaign Finance Board Denies Mayor Eric Adams Public Matching Funds; Brennan Center Reacts 
American Democracy Minute - Trump Fires Office of Government Ethics Chief Monday; Hours Later, DOJ Drops Campaign Corruption Charges Against NYC Mayor Eric Adams
Politico - Eric Adams sues Campaign Finance Board for denying him millions in matching funds

Groups Taking Action:

Campaign Legal Center, Common Cause NY, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

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American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for May 29, 2025

Federal Appeals Court Weighs Whether the Georgia Legislature-Drawn Majority-Minority Districts in Metro Atlanta Met Judge’s Order
In a recent report from Georgia, we told you about voters contesting a mass voter eligibility challenge by election conspiracy group True the Vote.   In another 11th Circuit courtroom that same week, a group of Black voters challenged the voting districts for metro Atlanta. 

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Articles & Resources:

Georgia Recorder - (2021)  State lawmakers ready to wrap congressional redistricting with a GOP bow
Brennan Center for Justice - District Maps Show How Georgians of Color Are Underrepresented in Local Government
American Redistrict Project - Georgia State Conf. of the NAACP v. Georgia
Georgia NAACP - (2023) Georgia NAACP calls for rejection of newly approved legislative maps in federal court.
Georgia Recorder - Long simmering dispute over Georgia political maps drawn after 2020 Census returns to federal court
Courthouse News Service - Battle over Black voter suppression in Georgia returns to federal court

Groups Taking Action:

ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY,  NAACP Georgia, Brennan Center for Justice

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