Links Of Interest

Action, Resources, Court Cases, Tools For Democracy, University Centers, Commentary, Analysis & Research, Reads Of Interest

Action NOW!

• Groups To Lead A Movement

• Project Democracy

• What's Happening In D.C. Now

• Contact Congress Now

• OpenSecrets

• Senate Roll Call Votes

• House Roll Call Votes

• Congressional Record

• Congress.gov

• CRS Reports

• SCOTUS Blog

• SCOTUS Official

• White House

• General Social Survey

Resources

• A Brief History of Congressional Reform Efforts

• AAA J.P.'s Newsletter On Substack.com

• Acts of Congress Held Unconstitutional

• American History

• American Political Development (Handbook)

• Beyond Intractability

• Center on Budget & Policy

• Confronting the Capitol Insurrection

• Congress For Kids

• Congress.gov

• Congressional Institute Reform Study 2016

• Congressional Management Foundation

• Constitution Annotated

• Contact Agency & Elected Officials

• CRS Reports (Every CRS Report)

• CRS: Proposals to Reform “Holds” in the Senate

• CRS: Reports on Congress and Its Procedures

• CRS: The Committee System in the U.S. Congress

• Declaration of Independence

• Evolution and Change in Congressional Committees

• Examining the Filibuster (12/3/2010, 666 pp)

• Federal Digital System

• Federalist Papers

• Founders Online

• General Social Survey

• H. Con. Res 28 - Establishing a Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress

• House Modernization Reports 2020

• How Change Happens: Interdisciplinary Perspectives for Human Development

• Influencers by State

• Inside Gov.com

• Introduction to Congressional Politics

• Joint Committees on the Organization of Congress: A Short History

• Latest Political Polls (RCP)

• Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970

• National Constitution Center

• Origins of the Standing Committees

• Primary Documents in American History

• Proposals for Reform Volume II: National Task Force on Rule of Law & Democracy, October 3, 2019

• Report of the Task Force Project on Congressional Reform, October 29, 2019

• Richard A. Arenberg (Filibuster)

• The Electoral College: Q&A

• This Nation

• Thomas Jefferson on Politics & Government

• U.S. History.org

• U.S. Political System

• U.S. Progressive Organizations

• U.S. Senate Rules

• US Constitution

• US Constitution Interactive

Court Cases

• (Pennsylvania) League of Women Voters v. PA (2/19/18)

• Abbott v. Perez

• Gill v. Whitford (TBD)

• North Carolina v. NC Conference of NAACP (8/31/16)

• (North Carolina) Cause v. Rucho (1/9/18)

• (North Carolina) Common Cause v. Rucho (current)

• (Maryland) Shapiro v. McManus (12/8/15)

• Evenwel v. Abbott (4/4/16)

• Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission (6/29/15)

• Vieth v. Jubelirer (4/28/2004)

• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (1/21/10)

• Common Cause v. Biden (4/15/14)

• Common Cause v. Biden (6/8/13, Appeal Brief)

• Common Cause v. Biden (12/21/12)

• Judicial Watch v. U.S. Senate (12/23/05)

Tools For Democracy

• Action Network

• American Constitution Society

• American Oversight

• Apolitical

• APSA (Am. Political Science Asso.)

• BallotPedia

• Bipartisan Policy Center

• Brennan Center for Justice

• Bridge Alliance

• Center Forward

• CGP Grey Archive

• Change.Org

• Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW)

• Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

• Coalition For Integrity

• Common Cause

• Congressional Institute

• Congressional Management Foundation

• Congressional Reform Project

• Convergence

• Countable

• Demand Progress

• Democracy 21

• Democracy Fund

• Democracy Matters

• Democracy Wire

• Democracy.io

• Demos

• Electoral College Petition

• Every Voice

• FairVote

• FMC (Former Members of Congress)

• Head Count

• Healthy Elections

• I Side With

• Indivisible

• Issue One

• League of Women Voters

• LegBranch

• Lincoln Network

• Lugar Center

• National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC)

• National Institute for Civil Discourse (NICD)

• National Issues Forum

• National Popular Vote

• National Urban League

• New America

• Obama Foundation

• One Click Politics

• Open The Government

• OpenGov

• OpenSecrets

• Organizing for Action

• Place A Vote

• Polling Report

• Presidential Open Debate

• ProCon.org

• Project Democracy

• ProPublica

• Rebuild Congress Initiative

• Reformers Caucus

• Stand Up Republic (SUR)

• Sunlight Foundation Tools

• The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

• The New Center

• The NewsTalkers

• Thirty-Thousand.Org

• Unite America

• Vote Smart

• VoteRiders

• Voters Not Politicians

• We The People Petitions

• YouGov

University Centers/Institutes

• UCLA Voting Rights Project

• Bryant University, Hassenfeld Institute​

• Harvard Kennedy School

• University of Virginia, Center for Politics

• University of Virginia, Miller Center

• Georgetown University, Institute of Politics and Public Service

• Hofstra University, Kalikow School of Government, Public Policy and International Affairs

• Duke University - Center for Political Leadership, Innovation & Service

Commentary, Analysis & Research

• A Big Win in the Fight Against Partisan Gerrymandering

• A Look Inside The “Hastert Rule”

• America’s most gerrymandered congressional districts

• American Politics, Then & Now

• Building a 21st Century Congress

• Committee Theories Reconsidered

• Congressional reform without the ideology

• Curbing Filibuster Abuse

• Democracies end when they are too democratic

• Despair and Hope in Trump’s America

• Fine Lines: Partisan Gerrymandering and the Two Party State (8/15/17)

• Fixing a Deadlocked System (CSPC 2019)

• How American Politics Went Insane

• How To Fix Congress

• Nonpartisan Redistricting Panel Reveals Unofficial NC Congressional Voting Map

• Political Polarization Killed the Filibuster

• President Obama On Broken Government

• Rather Than (Constitutional Changes)

• Sen Daschle & Lott "Crisis Point"

• Senate About to Enter "Nuclear Option" Death Spiral

• The Filibuster Myth

• The Limits of Majority Rule

• The Unconstitutionality of the Filibuster

• Want to Fix Washington? There’s a Bill for That.

• What's the Answer to Political Polarization in the U.S.?

• Why Are Members Leaving Congress

Reads of Interest

• The Michigan Republican Who Decided to Tell the Truth

• The History Reader

• Liber Codex

• Uncommon Thought

• TomDispatch

• *BTRTN

• Political Reform

• *Divided We Fall

• Just Security

• Angry Bear

• *Angry Bear (Ken Melvin)

• *Democracy Journal

• *Mother Jones

• Sabato's Crystal Ball

• Mischiefs Of Faction

• *Juanita Jean's

• Election Law Blog

• DOMEocracy

• *The Carpentariat

• *Vagabond Scholar