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It’s time to say it: the US supreme court has become an illegitimate institution

With its decision on Roe v Wade, the court has signaled its illegitimacy – and thrown the American project into question

The Guardian - US

Commentary: The Supreme Court upholds democracy in the Dobbs abortion decision

The Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, the notorious 1973 decision that wrote abortion rights into law. Critics of the court’s new ruling overlook a crucial fact: By throwing out one of the most anti-democratic court decisions in the past 100 years, the justices have upheld the democratic process.

Tribune News Service

Sharon Grigsby: Can America rebound after this cruel and oppressive abortion ruling?

What already has been a terrible week for democracy ended in the darkest of days with the Supreme Court decision that the right to abortion, upheld for almost 50 years, no longer exists.

Tribune News Service

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Letters to the Editor — June 25, 2022

Wounding democracy

The Hindu

Greens hit out at mayor's 'weak leadership' over reporter ban

Party has tabled a motion calling for reversal of move

Bristol Post

Roe is dead: Democracy is collapsing

Judges appointed by popular vote-losing presidents used a stolen Supreme Court seat to overturn the people's will

Salon

Analysis: Russia has unified NATO. But Biden, G-7 allies face mounting challenges

KRÜN, Germany — When President Joe Biden returns to Europe this weekend for six days of economic and national security meetings, he’ll do so as the leader of reinvigorated Western alliances, resolute in responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and recommitted to defending democracy.

Los Angeles Times

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Commentary: Bennie Thompson and Liz Cheney understand the stakes of democracy

There’s been deserved praise for the House Jan. 6 committee’s production values, yet the two leading players in these hearings are just as riveting: one descended from enslaved Black people, the other from a Puritan property owner in 1640 Massachusetts. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., each…

Los Angeles Times

To restore DOJ integrity, arrest Trump

Are you listening, Merrick Garland? Protecting the DOJ means keeping Trump's stubby fingers off it

Salon

How the US could lose the new cold war

The United States appears to have entered a new cold war with both China and Russia. And US leaders' portrayal of the confrontation as one between democracy and authoritarianism fails the smell test, especially at a time when the same leaders are actively courting a systematic human-rights abuser like Saudi…

Bangkok Post

Heart of the Primaries 2022, Democrats-Issue 28

Welcome to The Heart of the Primaries, Democratic Edition

Ballotpedia

Majoritarian politics, Muslim marginality

It raises questions about the new notions of representation in political life and the future of pluralism in India

The Hindu

New Mexico election drama has roots in wider county movement

A rural New Mexico county’s initial refusal to certify its primary election results sent ripples across the country last week, a symbol of how even the most elemental functions of democracy have become politicized pressure points amid the swirl of lies stemming from the 2020 presidential outcome

The Independent UK

Bristol Live boycott of mayor's briefings over reporter ban wins support from city and beyond

Rival publications and the BBC are backing the stance

Bristol Post

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The National (Scotland)

Brexit is 'working' for the UK and improving democracy, Lord Frost claims

LEAVING the EU is “working” for the UK's economy and is improving democracy, according to Boris Johnson's former chief Brexit negotiator has…

The National (Scotland)

Labour mayor under fire as council bans local democracy reporters

BRISTOL Council has banned local democracy reporters from attending their mayor’s media briefings.

Salon

Is democracy already lost? Not quite yet

New poll finds that more than half of all Americans think democracy is toast. But that's only true if we surrender

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: The fall of Israel’s unity government offers vital lessons for democracy in America

In 1787, James Madison articulated in Federalist Papers No. 10 that partisan polarization could fundamentally threaten a democratic republic. “Violence of faction,” as he called it, must be controlled.

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Los Angeles Times

Editorial: These California congressmen betrayed voters on Jan. 6

As the nation absorbs the revelations from the congressional hearings on the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol — among them, that then-President Donald Trump was surrounded by aides telling him there was no evidence of voter fraud and that his scheme to have Vice President Mike…

Chicago Sun-Times

Watching the Jan. 6 hearings is a must to preserve democracy

Millions of Americans who have watched the four hearings held so far have learned, from stunning and frightening testimony, about the deep roots of the Big Lie and the corrupt plot to keep the president in power, any cost to the country be damned.

The Hindu

Left, SP ask BJP to stop ‘kidnapping’ democracy

India is paying a high price for this BJP model of democracy, says Yechury

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Raab’s bill of rights: liberty bent to prejudice

Editorial: Plans to make universal rights subordinate to ministerial opinion and political whim mark a backwards step for British democracy

Salon

The Big Lie was always about racism

The Big Lie, like Trump's birtherism, reflects his refusal to accept that people of color are legitimate Americans

Reuters

Senior EU official to urge U.S. to help fight Russian propaganda

The United States should play a more active role in combating Russian propaganda and online disinformation because of the threat to democracy, European Commission Vice President Vera Jourova will say on Wednesday.

The Conversation

US Capitol attack: how the public reaction to the January 6 hearings reflects deep divisions in the US

After nearly a year of investigating the attack on the US Capitol on January 6 2021, the Democrat-led House Select committee is holding a series of public hearings to present its findings to the US public. These findings include that the former US president, Donald Trump, and his allies engaged…

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