Mark Weiss
@markweiss.bsky.social
Polisci/public policy PhD candidate at UM-Ann Arbor, Emory 19Ox 21C. American institutions, lobbying, and interest group influence. https://mweiss99.github.io/
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To stop democratic backsliding, we must strengthen the "guardrails against antidemocratic encroachments by political figures determined to steamroll countervailing institutions and gain unchecked power."
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Misunderstanding Democratic Backsliding | Journal of Democracy
If democracies did a better job “delivering” for their citizens, so the thinking goes, people would not be so ready to embrace antidemocratic alternatives. Not so. This conventional wisdom about…
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November 19, 2024 at 5:00 PM
To stop democratic backsliding, we must strengthen the "guardrails against antidemocratic encroachments by political figures determined to steamroll countervailing institutions and gain unchecked power."
www.journalofdemocra...
www.journalofdemocra...
Reposted by Mark Weiss
A lot of <0.1-point races this year across both federal and state offices. Don’t let anybody ever tell you your vote doesn’t matter!
Dem Justice Allison Riggs leads by 623 votes for a key North Carolina Supreme Court race heading into a recount.
The GOP won a 2020 court race by 401 votes & used it to allow new GOP gerrymanders & voting restrictions.
Riggs would bring Dems a step closer to a majority & restoring fair elections
The GOP won a 2020 court race by 401 votes & used it to allow new GOP gerrymanders & voting restrictions.
Riggs would bring Dems a step closer to a majority & restoring fair elections
Democrat keeps slight lead for North Carolina Supreme Court as counties finish count
The final counts by counties are about over and a Democratic incumbent on North Carolina’s Supreme Court has an ever-slight lead over a Republican challenger.
apnews.com
November 19, 2024 at 2:20 PM
A lot of <0.1-point races this year across both federal and state offices. Don’t let anybody ever tell you your vote doesn’t matter!
Reposted by Mark Weiss
NEW: State supreme courts are so powerful but so much about them is very under radar.
Today Bolts is publishing its biggest project to date: a guide to all you might want to know about each state supreme court, **state-by-state.**
So thrilled to share this: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
Today Bolts is publishing its biggest project to date: a guide to all you might want to know about each state supreme court, **state-by-state.**
So thrilled to share this: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
August 22, 2023 at 2:59 PM
NEW: State supreme courts are so powerful but so much about them is very under radar.
Today Bolts is publishing its biggest project to date: a guide to all you might want to know about each state supreme court, **state-by-state.**
So thrilled to share this: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
Today Bolts is publishing its biggest project to date: a guide to all you might want to know about each state supreme court, **state-by-state.**
So thrilled to share this: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...