by blueohio | Jul 7, 2022 | Blue Ohio
Last week, amidst the dumpster fire that was the last SCOTUS term, we got the news that it will hear a case that centers on the Independent State Legislature (“ISL”) theory. That’s … not good. Let’s talk about what ISL is, why it’s...
by blueohio | Mar 28, 2022 | Blue Ohio
The Hill, March 27, 2022, ALBERT HUNT, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR Washington obsesses over how many Republicans will vote for the eminently qualified Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, or Joe Manchin’s (D-W.Va.) latest attention-getting move, or the forever...
by blueohio | Mar 16, 2022 | Blue Ohio
Former Ohio Democratic Party Chair David Pepper launches Blue Ohio, spearheading effort to boost Democrats’ state legislative campaigns April 21, 2022 David Pepper and It Starts Today are excited to announce a joint project, Blue Ohio, that will crowdsource support...
by blueohio | Mar 15, 2022 | Blue Ohio
By Paul Rosenberg, January 15, 2022 There’s a booming literature on the erosion of democracy in America, as well as around the world, but David Pepper’s book “Laboratories of Autocracy: A Wake-Up Call From Behind the Lines” stands out as...
by blueohio | Feb 22, 2022 | Blue Ohio
A Fix to Anti-democratic Laws That Republicans Won’t Like David Pepper, February 16, 2022 Guest Post by David Pepper Almost a century ago, Justice Louis Brandeis extolled states as “Laboratories of Democracy.” His theory, echoed by others over the years, was that...
by blueohio | Feb 15, 2022 | Blue Ohio
YOU AND ME BOTH WITH HILLARY CLINTON, DEMOCRACY (WITH DAVID PEPPER AND LINA HIDALGO) You and Me Both is a production of iHeartRadio. Podcast recording available HERE. HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON: I’m Hillary Clinton, and this is You and Me Both. I don’t know...
