Protect Democracy
🗽Stay informed with news updates to hold our leaders accountable and protect democracy. A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny.
Every action counts in the fight to protect our rights and freedoms. Today in Protect Democracy we’re featuring April 15, 2025 news and critical calls-to-action. Freedom is a daily act of advocacy and holding our leaders accountable to the will of the people.
Together, we can realize a democracy that represents, reflects, and responds to all of us.
For far too long, special interests, ultra-wealthy donors, and vote suppressors have dominated our politics and attempted to silence the voices of everyday Americans, especially in Black and Brown communities.
America's democracy is under attack as the MAGA agenda seeks to undermine our democratic institutions, erode the rule of law, and strip away the rights that ensure every voice is heard and every vote counts. Join us to champion our rights, freedoms, and democracy, hold our leaders accountable to the people's will, and inspire voters to make a meaningful difference.
Urgent Calls to Action to Protect Democracy:
Click here to Hold Trump in Contempt
Click here to Urge Religious Leaders Nationwide to Stand Up and tell the TRUTH about immigrants
Click here Tell Congress: Demand the release of detained students and call ICE to testify
Click here to Stand with Federal Workers Standing Up to Trump!
Click here to Tell Congress: Revoke Trump’s Economy-Crashing Tariffs
Click here to view bills on Voting Rights in your state
Click here to Stop Trump's Authoritarian Voter Suppression Scheme
Click here to Oppose the SAVE Act Voter Suppression Bill Today
Call your member of Congress today (202) 224-3121 and tell them to REJECT THE SAVE ACT! 🚨 This deceptive bill is a Trojan horse designed to strip voting rights from millions, paving the way for Republican authoritarianism. Don't let them undermine our democracy! and ask them to support the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. Click here to send a letter to your member of Congress.
Protect Democracy - News Briefs
The Intercept
The Intercept’s Press Freedom Defense Fund and Freedom of the Press Foundation, filed an amicus brief today urging the court to strike down an executive order that imposed sanctions on the Perkins Coie law firm for representing President Donald Trump’s political opponents and enforcing the Voting … Rights Act.
North Carolina Supreme Court rules most challenged ballots must stay in election count
ABC News By Gary Robertson
The State Board of Elections, which had previously thrown out Griffin's formal protests of more than 65,000 ballots covering three categories, had signaled plans to return to federal court if necessary, should the justices side with Griffin to potentially plead violations of federal elections and voting … rights laws.
Trump’s order seeks to force states to buy costly new voting machines
Washington Post By Patrick Marley, Yvonne Sanchez
Scholars say he has exceeded his authority by claiming powers he doesn't have, and his order drew five lawsuits from state officials, Democrats and voting rights groups.
Will the SAVE Act make it harder for married women to vote? We ask legal experts
NPR By Juliana Kim
"Obtaining that marriage certificate is an additional cost, administrative burden, and extra penalty that other voters do not have to do," said Thomas, who teaches voting rights and general equality. She added, "These might all seem like trivial costs, but they all add up.
Trump attacks on law firms begin to chill pro bono work on unfavorable causes
NPR By Ryan Lucas
"I have been turned down on some recent requests where people have expressed concern about political ramifications, about being involved in immigrant rights work in this time, about being involved in civil rights, voting rights cases, in challenges against the administration,"
The power and pitfalls of protest: how to speak out without falling victim to Trump’s playbook
The Guardian By Jonathan M Smucker
The women’s suffrage movement secured voting rights after decades of struggle. The civil rights movement dismantled Jim Crow segregation. The labor movement won the eight-hour workday, the weekend and much more. Protest was an essential tool for each of these movements.
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