July 4 is a reminder that American democracy remains a work in progress
Because of policy changes on issues like voting, the idea of who actually is represented in the phrase “We the People” has changed over time.
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Supreme Court rejects ‘independent state legislature’ theory, which would have transformed American elections
For months, legislators, legal scholars and people simply interested in democracy and elections were fixated on a case before the Supreme Court, Moore v. Harper. Those following the case, which asked the justices to rule on the “independent state legislature…