I just attended a Moms Demand Action Hour and found out about a great resource for info about bills on any issue.
Without signing up or anything, I was able to very quickly find out how everyone on a state Assembly committee voted on a particular bill.
There is info on bills in Congress and in every state.
Also, info on the legislative process/definition of terms, governors' roles in signing or not, how soon bills become effective, etc.
Trump’s Order Targeting State Climate Laws Is Probably Unconstitutional
How Far Can Socialist Zohran Mamdani Go In the NYC Mayor’s Race?
How Far Can Socialist Zohran Mamdani Go In the NYC Mayor’s Race?
Texas Bill Threatens Jail Time for Teaching Books Like “The Catcher in the Rye”
How a Push to Amend the Constitution Could Help Trump Expand Presidential Power
https://www.propublica.org/article/constitutional-convention-congress-donald-trump-power
[thread] state legislatures / Article V | ISLT
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113268756884683714
#USpol #USlaw #StateLegislatures #LegislativeCapture #ConstitutionalLaw #ArticleV #USconstitution
#Trump #fascism
Right-Wing Push to Upend U.S. Constitution/Kill Birthright Citizenship
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/01/birthright-citizenship-article-v-mark-meckler-constitutional-convention-convention-of-states
* 14th Amendment guarantee of birthright citizenship
* Article V of U.S. Constitution
* if majority of state legislatures petition Congress, will be convention to propose amendments
#USpol #USlaw #GOP #Trump2 #fascism #Project2025
#StateLegislatures #LegislativeCapture #StateCapture #ISLT
#ConstitutionalLaw #ArticleV
#ChristianRight #ParentalRightsMovement #antiLGBT
#Christofascism #transgenocide
Trump 2.0 will further divide U.S.
https://xtramagazine.com/power/politics/donald-trump-states-rights-270314
* conservative obsession w. “states’ rights” to have wide-ranging effects
* public health to anti-2SLGBTQIA+ discrimination
#USpol #GOP #Trump2 #Trumpism #MAGA #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025 #conservatism
#StateLegislatures #LegislativeCapture #StateCapture #ISLT #ConstitutionalLaw #ArticleV #ConstitutionalLaw
#ChristianRight #Christofascism #OpusDei #antiLGBT #transphobia #transgenocide #ParentalRightsMovement #Catholicism
MAGA efforts to shred U.S. Constitution
https://www.salon.com/2024/12/16/shredding-the-constitution-california-democrat-fears-maga-effort-to-rewrite-founding-document
* state Sen. Scott Wiener (D-CA) concerned Trumpist could call constitutional convention
A Constitutional Convention? Some Democrats Fear It’s Coming.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/us/a-constitutional-convention-some-democrats-fear-its-coming.html
* Republicans said a constitutional convention is overdue
#USpol #GOP #Trump2 #Trump3 #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025 #Bannon #SteveBannon
#StateLegislatures #LegislativeCapture #StateCapture #ISLT #ConstitutionalLaw #ArticleV #ConstitutionalLaw
Steve Bannon Setting Stage for Trump3 Term
https://newrepublic.com/post/189413/steve-bannon-donald-trump-election-2028
* suggests throwing out U.S. Constitution in Trump’s favor
* keep Trump in power via supposed loophole in the U.S. Constitution
Trump Supporters Hate U.S. Constitution
https://newrepublic.com/post/180312/president-life-trump-backer-says-quiet-part-loud
Trump 2028: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/trump-2028
#USpol #GOP #Trump2 #Trump3 #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025 #Bannon #SteveBannon
#StateLegislatures #LegislativeCapture #StateCapture #ISLT #ConstitutionalLaw #ArticleV #ConstitutionalLaw
Citizens for Self-Governance | ISLT | Article V convention | Convention of states | U.S. Constitution | Mercer Family Foundation | DonorsTrust
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111090040427855200
#StateLegislatures #LegislativeCapture #StateCapture #protofascism #ISLT #ConstitutionalLaw #ArticleV #USconstitution CitizensForSelfGovernance #CSG #billionaires #Mercer #MercerFamily #RebekahMercer #DAF #DonorsTrust #DarkMoney
U.S. Constitution: Top-down (federal --> state) approaches
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110500657375473264
* Article V convention (Convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_to_propose_amendments_to_the_United_States_Constitution
... an aim of the conservative political nonprofit Citizens for Self-Governance, and their Convention of States initiative, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_for_Self-Governance#Convention_of_States
#StateLegislatures #LegislativeCapture #protofascism #ISLT #ConstitutionalLaw #ArticleV #USconstitution
Montana Supreme Court becomes U.S. state to uphold trans access to health care
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/montana-supreme-court-becomes-first-in-nation-to-uphold-trans-access-to-health-care
* Montana Supreme Court upheld temp. injunction against state’s ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth
* 1st U.S. state supreme court to do so
* plaintiffs argued ban is illegal sex discrim.
* bans certain treatments based on patient’s sex assigned at birth
* no matter what Trump2 does, this protection will remain in place in Montana 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 🥳
U.S. v. Skrmetti: John Roberts' Plan to Deny Transgender Rights
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/12/supreme-court-transgender
* SCOTUS conservative justices suggest science is too hard
* will let state legislatures sidestep U.S. Constitution
https://persagen.org/html/intro_01a.html#/contents
#SCOTUS #US_v_Skrmetti #JohnRoberts
#USConstitution #StateLegislatures #StateCapture #DemocraticBacksliding
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #Project2025
#Christofascism #antiLGBT #transgenocide #transphobia #SelfIdentity
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick names private school vouchers as top legislative priority
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/08/dan-patrick-texas-senate-school-choice-vouchers
* school voucher supporters now have votes pass bill across TX Senate & House of Representatives
* TX H.R. repeatedly blocked such proposals
#Texas #DanPatrick #GOP #conservatism #fascism
#PublicEducation #CharterSchools #PrivateSchools
#HigherEducation #HillsdaleCollege #NewCollegeOfFlorida
#billionaires #libertarianism #StateLegislatures #StateCapture
#ChristianRight #Christofascism
Meet the #LGBTQ #candidates running in key #races from #US #Senate to #statelegislatures
#TammyBaldwin is locked in a #tight #contest against #Homophobic #Republican #megamillionaire #EricHovde. While #Transgender #State #Legislator #SarahMcBride is poised to make #history in #Delaware by being the first openly #transgender person to be #elected to #congress.
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2024/10/31/lgbtq-candidates-2024-election/
Ohio spent nearly a $1 Billion on private school vouchers in 2024
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2024/10/25/ohio-spent-nearly-a-billion-dollars-on-private-school-voucher-scholarships-in-2024
* billion dollars in state money that’s not available to meet needs of 90% of kids that attend public schools
* intended to help students who don’t have options outside of public schools
* h/e $ mostly to students already attending private schools
#Ohio #PublicEducation #CharterSchools #GOP #billionaires #libertarianism #PrivateSchools #ChristianRight #conservatism #StateLegislatures #StateCapture
Republican AGs Want Health Records of Out-of-State Abortion Seekers. TX Ken Paxton Leading Charge
https://msmagazine.com/2024/10/16/republican-attorney-general-ken-paxton-texas-health-records-out-of-state-abortion-travel-biden
Leonard Leo/Concord Fund Top Funder, RAGA
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113318054904729335
* opposition to abortion rights
#WomensRights #ReproductiveRights #abortion #misogyny
#Texas #GregAbbott #KenPaxton #HeartbeatBill #JonathanMitchell
#GOP #HeritageFoundation #protofascism #RAGA #StateLegislatures #StateCapture
#LeonardLeo #ConcordFund
#billionaires #libertarianism #85Fund #MarbleFreedomTrust
A Growing Movement Seeks to Dominate Not Just Religion, But American Life
The New Apostolic Reformation is taking its spiritual war to the ballot box on the latest episode of Reveal
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/10/new-apostolic-reformation-evangelical-pennsylvania-reveal-podcast
#NewApostolicReformation #conservatism #ChristianRight #theocracy #DominionTheology #dominionism #FarRight #ProtoFascism #GOP #Trumpism #Catholicism #StateCapture #SCOTUS #StateLegislatures
In a State [Arizona] With School Vouchers For All, Low-Income Families Aren’t Choosing to Use Them
https://www.propublica.org/article/arizona-school-vouchers-esa-private-schools
* Not a Choice for Everyone: poor families under-participating
* Barriers to Entry: location of private schools; additional costs
* Sales Pitch: advocates [billionaires, e.g. DeVos] lobby for charter schools
#Arizona #PublicEducation #CharterSchools #GOP #billionaires #libertarianism #HillsdaleCollege #ChristianRight #conservatism #StateLegislatures #StateCapture #GOP
