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Chuck Darwin

Two more #states have confirmed that #constitutional #amendments protecting #abortion #rights will go before voters in November

-- while reproductive rights advocates in a third state are headed to court to challenge language summarizing their measure that they call "deceptive and misleading."

1. Late on Tuesday, the #Arizona Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit alleging that activists' description of their abortion amendment on petitions they used to gather signatures was legally insufficient. ✅The decision allows the measure, which would guarantee abortion until fetal viability, to appear on the ballot as #Proposition139.

2. On the same day, #Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen certified that a similar amendment had qualified for the ballot. That proposal, known as Constitutional #Initiative128, would likewise
✅protect the right to an abortion until a fetus is said to be viable outside the womb, which is generally around 24 weeks into pregnancy.
Jacobsen had previously sought to keep the measure from going to voters, but the state Supreme Court late last month rejected a challenge she brought.

3. Meanwhile, in #Missouri, organizers have filed a lawsuit
👉challenging language describing their amendment 👈drafted by Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, 🆘who has repeatedly used the powers of his office to undermine their campaign.

⚠️Ashcroft's summary, which would be postednext to sample ballots at polling places, claims the amendment would permit abortion "at any time of pregnancy" and "prohibit any regulation of abortion," including any laws that might target "anyone who performs an abortion and hurts or kills the pregnant women."

Last year, Ashcroft wrote a similarly 💥slanted synopsis of the amendment 💥that would have appeared on actual ballots but was repeatedly shot down by the courts, including the state Supreme Court, which declined to hear an appeal.

Ashcroft certified the measure, known as #Amendment3, earlier this month.

the-downballot.com/p/morning-d

The Downballot · Morning Digest: The Utah GOP wants the power to overturn citizens' ballot initiativesBy David Nir
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Chuck Darwin

A #Wisconsin #primary that Republicans had hoped would gift the legislature more control over state spending
#backfired on Tuesday after voters turned out in record numbers
— including in a major Democratic stronghold.

The proposed #constitutional #amendments ♦️galvanized Democrats and their allies on the left, who vastly outspent their Republican counterparts on the initiatives
— and won by a large margin.

🔸More than 26% of registered voters turned out statewide in what had been expected to be a quiet late summer primary election.

The results could bode badly for former President Trump’s chances on election day in this key swing state
— showing Democrats are already highly motivated.
nypost.com/2024/08/14/us-news/

New York Post · Republicans get pounded in Wisconsin primary — and it's a bad sign for TrumpBy Amy Sikma
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petersuber

I support the constitutional amendment to overturn the #SCOTUS #immunity decision.
congress.gov/bill/118th-congre

But it will be a long slog. The amendment process is slow and difficult by design. That's not a reason to give up. It's a reason to start immediately.

The proposed amendment also bars presidential self-pardon. A much-needed step. I wish it went one step further and barred corrupt pardons, that is, pardons of the president's accomplices and co-conspirators.

#Amendments#Pardons#USLaw
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Nonilex

#House passes * #defense * #policy bill advancing key #GOP priorities

The $895.3B National #Defense Authorization Act ( #NDAA ), sets #Pentagon policy & guides funding for the year ahead.

#FarRight #HouseRepublicans loaded the sprawling #legislation w/ #amendments rolling back #diversity protections & restricting #ServiceMembers & their families from accessing #abortion & #transgender #healthcare & targeted other initiatives.

#extremism
washingtonpost.com/national-se

The Washington Post · House passes defense bill advancing key GOP prioritiesBy Abigail Hauslohner
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petersuber

Update. Good overview of recent #Republican attempts to block ballot initiatives favored by #Democrats.
boltsmag.org/attorneys-general

Olson Sharkey from the Elias Law Group: "There’s a constant pushback from conservatives to try to stop these measures in their tracks. Because they know, especially with reproductive rights, if these measures get on the ballot, they’re going to win."

Bolts · Red State AGs Keep Trying to Kill Ballot Measures by a Thousand Cuts - BoltsOrganizers say red state officials have stretched their powers by stonewalling proposed ballot measures on abortion, voting rights, and government transparency.
#Abortion#Amendments#Referenda
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DoomsdaysCW

More about #Roman Priestesses

An ancient priesthood of #Hera at Olympia involved “sixteen elderly women” (Connelly, 45), based on a “board of #FemaleElders once chosen from sixteen cities” (Connelly, 45) who negotiated “#peace between two cities’ (Connelly, 45) who had been at war.
 
“Priestesses seem to have initiated and negotiated #laws, #amendments, and penalties for transgressions” (Connelly, 214). Some priestesses wielded enormous influence: the Pythia of Delphi “could move scores of people to action” (Connelly, 219), and a #Pythia “is credited with having provided #Lykourgos with the #Spartan system of government”.

Slide text: Priestesses (continued) An ancient priesthood of Hera at Olympia involved “sixteen elderly women” (Connelly, 45), based on a “board of female elders once chosen from sixteen cities” (Connelly, 45) who negotiated “peace between two cities’ (Connelly, 45) who had been at war.   “Priestesses seem to have initiated and negotiated laws, amendments, and penalties for transgressions” (Connelly, 214). Some priestesses wielded enormous influence: the Pythia of Delphi “could move scores of people to action” (Connelly, 219), and a Pythia “is credited with having provided Lykourgos with the Spartan system of government” (Connelly, 219). Slide background: A dark blue sky with shadowy hills. On the lower right side is a painting of an older woman, carrying sacred objects.
#AncientWomen#PostMenopausalWomen#AncientHistory
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Ramesh #NotGoingBack

@rexi @Beachbum

#ElectoralCollege, which gives lopsided power to thinly-populated states, is the root of the problem. This is singularly responsible for #minorityRule in US.

Without EC reform, we cannot have #SCOTUS justices reflect public opinion (see #CitizensUnited). We cannot have constitutional #amendments either.

This dissatisfaction over state of affairs is more likely to boil over after a certain threshold is crossed. The boil-over is not going to happen over Trump's #imprisonment

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PhoenixSerenity

In a statement, Schatz said the #IndianAffairs committee is seeking #PublicComment on the proposed #Amendments to #Respect #Traditional #Indigenous #Skill and #Talent (ARTIST) Act of 2023. The #ARTISTAct would update the #IndianArtsAndCraftsAct to #support #creative #economies & #strengthen #enforcement of current #law & #protections against #counterfeit competition for #NativeArtists and their works. 

nativenewsonline.net/currents/

Native News OnlineSenate Committee Seeks Comments on Proposed Indian Arts and Crafts Act UpdateWASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Brian Schatz , chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, released a discussion draft of proposed legislation that would strengthen enforcement of laws against fake Native art. 
#decolonization#FirstNations#NativeArt
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