Both Left and Right Should Stop Blithely Wishing for a New Civil War
All that accomplishes is encouraging us to view our fellow Americans as enemies, to see ourselves as members of warring tribes rather than citizens of a nation.
All that accomplishes is encouraging us to view our fellow Americans as enemies, to see ourselves as members of warring tribes rather than citizens of a nation.
Americans are so locked into their political sides that many of them seem willing to cast aside some of the nation's long-established constitutional protections.
"The outsized power that the political parties hold can often be used in the wrong way to squelch our democracy and dissenting voices even within our own parties," says Gabbard.
State legislatures and Congress can (and probably should) take steps to limit partisan gerrymandering. This was never an issue for the courts to settle.
"This isn't a partisan issue," the Utah senator says. "This is a constitutional issue."
How willing are you to pay taxes when you know they're intended to do you harm?
The Senate majority leader delivers hollow partisan victories and little else.