Miss Kitty 🌈🌈🌈We have to solve problems somehow so we have to get some power to do so and so I'm going to deliver reports about the most exploitable #Republican districts that can be won. I'm talking #state #legislatures. The #federal is hopeless right now. Way too much money required. Have to take over states.
Jerry MeyerState legislatures are often strongholds of public input, and should be, given their more immediate impact on local laws and policies. Yet this is not always true, and over time, you can see the same state legislatures valuing, then limiting, then valuing again, constituent testimony. Here's where Kansas is right now. #Legislatures #Kansas #PublicPolicy #HPPR https://www.hppr.org/hppr-news/2026-04-17/brazen-offenses-kansas-lawmakers-undermine-public-input-in-legislative-process?mc_cid=f5ef053517&mc_eid=f1010f8799
‘Brazen offenses’: Kansas lawmakers undermine public input in legislative process
Two Kansas medical professionals sat for an hour at an early morning committee hearing in mid-March, waiting their turn to speak out against a bill. One drove two hours to attend. Neither got a chance to talk.
Swiss Army NerdIt would be good to see more state #legislatures follow this path - securing advisory opinions from their state judicial system before pushing questionable #legislation throuugh the process.
Maine Supreme Court says proposed ranked-choice voting expansion is unconstitutional
In a unanimous opinion, the justices said Maine's constitution makes clear that the first candidate to achieve a "plurality" of votes wins the races for governor and Legislature. As a result, it appears that voters won't be able to rank gubernatorial candidates in order of preference during the fall election.
CBC Prince Edward IslandWhat’s the story behind P.E.I.’s parliamentary mace?
It started as a weapon to defend the King, but it's become the ceremonial item that’s carried into provincial legislatures across the country. As the P.E.I. Legislative Assembly opens for another sitting, we spoke with the sergeant-at-arms about the mace’s history and meaning.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7143044?cmp=rss
It started as a weapon to defend the King, but it's become the ceremonial item that’s carried into provincial legislatures across the country. As the P.E.I. Legislative Assembly opens for another sitting, we spoke with the sergeant-at-arms about the mace’s history and meaning.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7143044?cmp=rss
Nonilex“Under the #Constitution, it’s the #legislatures & #states that really control how a state conducts its elections, & the president doesn’t have any power to do that,” said Peter Ticktin, a Florida lawyer who is advocating for the draft #ExecutiveOrder. Ticktin attended the New York Military Academy with #Trump & was part of his legal team that filed an unsuccessful 2022 lawsuit accusing Democrats of conspiring to damage him with allegations that his 2016 campaign colluded with Russia.
His central point for present purposes was that #state #legislatures can authorize lawsuits against #federal officials for violating the #Constitution. If that is right, such #StateLaws would close an odd gap in #FederalLaw that—broadly speaking—allows such suits against state & local officials, like police officers, but not against #federal ones, like #ICE agents.
#Trump #StateSponsoredTerrorism #law #UseOfForce #Constitution #StatesRights #CivilRights #authoritarianism #autocracy #ICE #CBP
cathillAre legislatures that are elected purely by sortition immune to lobbying by special interests?
#government #politics #sortition #legislatures #parliaments #lobbying #lobbyists #specialinterests #elections #politicians #politicalscience #democracy
#government #politics #sortition #legislatures #parliaments #lobbying #lobbyists #specialinterests #elections #politicians #politicalscience #democracy
Hacker NewsThe Folk Economics of Housing
https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.20241428
#ycombinator #Political_Processes_Rent_seeking #Lobbying #Elections #Legislatures #and_Voting_Behavior #Search_Learning_Information_and_Knowledge_Communication_Belief_Unawareness #Urban #Rural #Regional #Real_Estate #and_Transportation_Economics_Housing_Demand #and_Transportation_Economics_Regional_Migration_Regional_Labor_Markets_Population_Neighborhood_Characteristics #Housing_Supply_and_Markets #Regional_Development_Planning_and_Policy
https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.20241428
#ycombinator #Political_Processes_Rent_seeking #Lobbying #Elections #Legislatures #and_Voting_Behavior #Search_Learning_Information_and_Knowledge_Communication_Belief_Unawareness #Urban #Rural #Regional #Real_Estate #and_Transportation_Economics_Housing_Demand #and_Transportation_Economics_Regional_Migration_Regional_Labor_Markets_Population_Neighborhood_Characteristics #Housing_Supply_and_Markets #Regional_Development_Planning_and_Policy
The Folk Economics of Housing - American Economic Association
The Folk Economics of Housing by Christopher S. Elmendorf, Clayton Nall and Stan Oklobdzija. Published in volume 39, issue 3, pages 45-66 of Journal of Economic Perspectives, Summer 2025, Abstract: Why is housing supply so severely restricted in US cities and suburbs? Urban economists offer two prim...
WINGS_radioAmerican Democracy Minute Radio News Report for June 27, 2025
The #USSupremeCourt said in 2019 that #partisan #gerrymandering was fundamentally a #political issue, and left it to #legislatures and #state #courts to decide. In #southcarolina a state supreme court case heard June 24th challenges the state constitutionality of partisan gerrymandering.
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American Democracy Minute | Radio Report & Podcast on Democracy Issues | Gerrymandering
The U.S. Supreme Court said in 2019 that partisan gerrymandering was fundamentally a political issue, and left it to legislatures and state courts to decide. In South Carolina, a state supreme court case heard June 24th challenges the state constitutionality of partisan gerrymandering.
Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠“This year, Republican-run state #legislatures have passed bills to:
🗳️ suppress #voting rights for all (but mostly Black and brown Americans),
🏳️⚧️ ban #trans children from participating in sports
🤰🏻 ban #abortion before a woman even knows she’s pregnant
👩🏽🏫 allow students to film and harass professors for views they don’t like,
👨🏻⚕️ ban doctors from providing #healthcare to trans patients, and many other awful things.”
🗳️ suppress #voting rights for all (but mostly Black and brown Americans),
🏳️⚧️ ban #trans children from participating in sports
🤰🏻 ban #abortion before a woman even knows she’s pregnant
👩🏽🏫 allow students to film and harass professors for views they don’t like,
👨🏻⚕️ ban doctors from providing #healthcare to trans patients, and many other awful things.”