Posted on 01/15/2022 3:21:42 AM PST by knighthawk
Americans' freedoms have been gradually eroded over the last 20 years, a new study has found, with the COVID-19 pandemic giving local officials more power over everyday life.
A new study by the Cato Institute, a Washington, D.C. think tank that promotes individual liberty, limited government and free markets, has assessed each of the 50 states under 23 different categories and produced an overall ranking.
The most and least free states are unchanged - New York being the least free, followed by Hawaii and California, and New Hampshire, Florida and Nevada being the most free.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
The Declaration of Independence was made to guarantee equal rights for every person.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” is one of the best-known sentences in the English language, the most potent and consequential words in American history.
The passage came to represent a moral standard to which the United States should strive. This view was notably promoted by Lincoln, who considered the Declaration to be the foundation of his political philosophy and argued that it is a statement of principles through which the United States Constitution should be interpretedall
Gropin’ Joe sent out an email yesterday -
Since we came into office, Vice President Harris and I have supported voting rights legislation. But let me be clear: This is not about me or Vice President Harris or our party. It’s about all of us. It’s about the people. It’s about America. Hear me plainly. The battle for the soul of America is not over, Ellen.
That’s why I’m once again calling for the passage of the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.
You see, Ellen, Jim Crow 2.0 is about two insidious things: voter suppression and election subversion. It’s no longer about who gets to vote — it’s about making it harder to vote, who gets to count the vote, and whether your vote counts at all. And we cannot stand for it.
We must pass the Freedom to Vote Act, which will prevent voter suppression, protect nonpartisan election officials — folks who are just trying to do their job — from intimidation and interference, get dark money out of politics, and create fair district maps.
We also must pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, to restore the strength of the Voting Rights Act and give the Justice Department the power to stop discriminatory laws before they even go into effect.
This is the moment to decide to defend our elections and to defend our democracy. And if you do that, I promise you, you will not be alone.
History has never been kind to those who have sided with voter suppression over voting rights. And it will not be kind to those who fail to defend the right to vote. I’m committed as ever to this fight to protect the right to vote, and I’m grateful to have you by my side.
Thank you for being a part of this fight.
Joe
Joseph R. Biden Jr.
President of the United States
Don’t worry, the GOP will control congress next January, and they’ll reverse course. Honest.
If you say so....../s.
Till the 17th Amendment is repealed, there will be more drama, less freedom
In my state (the Land of Peasant Living) it doesn’t matter. They are just as totalitarian (maybe more so) as our national Gubbermint.
Unprintable.
If Manchin and/or Sinema fold, the Freedom to Manufacture Votes Act (or the John Lewis End of the Republic Act) will have everyone in the country living under the lockdown authoritarianism of New York and California.
***New York being the least free, followed by Hawaii and California,***
Perhaps we should also compare the rest of the USA states with Great Britain and other commonwealth states to see who is the most free.
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