Jane Susskind is a Judicial Law Clerk at Nevada Supreme Court.
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In a move likely to upset Democrats and Republicans at the national level, a federal court-panel has enjoined Wisconsin state officials from using existing district maps and ordered the state to redraw district lines by November 1, 2017. Wisconsin has indicated that it plans to appeal to the Supreme Court,
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S2G8jhhUHg If there is one thing voters can agree on in the 2016 election, it’s that our electoral system is alienating the very people it seeks to represent. On Sunday’s airing of HBO's Last Week Tonight, John Oliver discussed the
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Reaching over 5 million people per week on Facebook, engagement on IVN’s Facebook page has now surpassed that of the National Republican and Democratic Parties combined. Read More: The Independent Voter Network (IVN) – Who “We” Are Although the Democratic Party has over 1.2 million "Likes" on
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On Sunday's Last Week Tonight, John Oliver made the case that residents of Washington, D.C. should be represented by a member of Congress who can vote on their behalf. While D.C.’s population is larger than Vermont and Wyoming and the territory’s gross domestic product
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The recent killing of the beloved lion Cecil in Zimbabwe by American dentist Walter J. Palmer has sparked an uprising on social media, with renewed calls to ban trophy hunting from people across the globe. If you've been on Twitter for more than 30 seconds over the last
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While a majority of Americans - 52 percent - now favor weed legalization, the federal government has done very little to act on the changing views of the nation. Many states, however, have taken matters into their own hands, passing legislation to better represent the changing attitudes of their residents.
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In a historic move, President Barack Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to visit a federal prison, in an effort to draw national attention to the need for reform in the American criminal justice system. "These are young people who made mistakes that aren't that
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Bernie Sanders, the 73-year-old independent Vermont senator and 2016 presidential candidate, has taken the Internet by storm, earning the title “king of social media” and "Facebook royalty." The online success of Sen. Sanders can be summed up in one, simple word: Authenticity. Authenticity: noun, the quality of being
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A recent NBC poll confirms that the partisan political environment is, in fact, taking a toll on the two major parties, with voter registration revealing that self-identified independents are the fastest growing voting bloc in America. NBC commentators coin it “the rise of an 'independents’ era,” reporting that in
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A new Reuters-Ipsos poll confirms what most Americans already knew: Congress is ineffective, and extreme partisanship is to blame. The May 2015 poll found that while members of Congress have made minor strides with bipartisan agreement in May - like the passage of a bill that allows Congress to review
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The New Jersey Watchdog reports that potential presidential candidate and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie spent $82,594 at Jets and Giants games during the 2010 and 2011 seasons. No, this wasn't coming out of his $175,000/year salary -- it was spent as part of his
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Have you ever felt like your opinion doesn’t matter? That your elected official does not represent you or your district? That your ideas have no impact on public policy? If you're among the bottom 90% of income earners in America, you may be justified in feeling this