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LWVUS National Convention 2024 Report
Posted on July 14, 2024 in League News | comments
LWVBAE delegates: Cynthia Chen, Christine Wenrich, Diz Swift, and Elise Mills attended the 56th Biennial LWVUS 2024 National Convention. Diz was a panelist for the workshop “LWVUS Climate Interest Group – Actio...
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Electoral College Part 3
Posted on July 12, 2024 in League News | comments
An Empty Institution There are still arguments for the Electoral College that must be addressed. In Federalist No. 68, Alexander Hamilton writes “the immediate election should be made by men most capable of analyzing t...
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Supreme Court Alarms Experts Across the US
Posted on July 9, 2024 in League News | comments
On June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court handed down a decision that amounts to its greatest power grab since 1803, when the Marshall Court established judicial review, according to Ellie Mystal of the Nation Magazine. As man...
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LWV Response to SCOTUS Decision on Presidential Immunity
Posted on July 8, 2024 in League News | comments
League of Women Voters of the US’s Chief Counsel, Celina Stewart, issued this response to the US Supreme Court’s 6 – 3 decision in Trump v. United States: “The Supreme Court’s ruling to grant extraordin...
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Downtown Bike Force Texting Scandal
Posted on July 8, 2024 in League News | comments
At 6:30 PM this Wednesday, July 10th, Berkeley’s Police Accountability Board will meet and release its report on the Berkeley Police Department’s bike squad scandal that was the subject of much reporting last year. T...
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Electoral College Part 2
Posted on July 7, 2024 in League News | comments
Legitimacy, Legitimacy, Legitimacy The Electoral College allows a minority of voters to determine the course of the entire nation. This effect is well known. In fact, in a 1980 speech, conservative strategist Paul Weyric...
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The Electoral College
Posted on July 1, 2024 in League News | comments
This is a series of four informative articles on the Electoral College written by Alex Li of the League of Women Voters Berkeley Albany Emeryville. All articles are linked here. Every four years, Americans across the cou...
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Berkeley’s Police Accountability Board 6-26-24
Posted on July 1, 2024 in League News | comments
The Berkeley Police Accountability Board (PAB) gathered on June 26, 2024 for a brief meeting. One main portion of the meeting was a report from Berkeley Police Department’s Deputy Chief Jen Tate. Tate announced that th...
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League Youth Council Members & Rally About the Exclusion of Jewish and Black Jurors
Posted on June 25, 2024 in League News | comments
In response to a League of Women Voters of Alameda County Council (ACC) request, LWVBAE Albany Youth Council representatives attended a rally on Tuesday, June 8th at 10 AM at the Alameda County Courthouse. Along with oth...
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Preparing for the 2024 Presidential Election with LWV’s Chief Counsel
Posted on June 24, 2024 in League News | comments
Fighting for pro-voter laws is an essential part of defending our democracy. With voter suppression efforts on the rise, lawyers at organizations like the League are working across all 50 states to protect our rights and...
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