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What are political parties good for, anyway? In democracy, they’re essential for building coalitions, engaging voters, recruiting candidates, and coordinating the basic work of governing.
Chris Parr and Jennifer Dresden explain:
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@KPNatsFn on the question of presidential immunity:

'Really, in 234 years we've never seen a prosecution of a former president, and that is largely because we have never seen actions by a former president like the ones that we saw by former President Trump...'

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The wonderful Ian Bassin 🇺🇦 (founder and ED of Protect Democracy) is moderating a discussion with brilliant legal scholars Matthew A. Seligman & Lessig 🇺🇦 tmrw 4/30 @ 7 PM ET about their new book which explains how to prevent stealing an election

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Our team has the key takeaways you need to understand what happened during last week's SCOTUS hearings on presidential immunity and what it could mean for the November election.
📹 Ben Raderstorf recaps it for you ⬇️

Crucial point from Amanda Carpenter: You can't dismiss Trump's unhinged comments overheard by Bill Barr about targeting foes as just rhetoric. He and his allies are drawing up *concrete plans* to do this in a second term!

We dug deep into this on the pod:
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It would be easy to look at the state of our politics and wish we could have a democracy without any political parties. That’s not possible. Check out our new explainer on why healthy democracy needs healthy parties:

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Recently Dr. Kristy Parker joined EWTN News Nightly to provide analysis of the Supreme Court's oral arguments regarding presidential immunity.
Watch the clip below:

What would be “a real mess” per @aei’s Kevin R Kosar?
A crisis of “illegitimacy” per @newamerica’s Lee Drutman ⚙️🏛?
And a “dangerously open field with very little guidance” per our own Beau Tremitiere?
🔺 a contingent election 🔺

Ethan Bauer explains why:

Healthy political parties are representative, responsive, and resistant to authoritarian forces. Here’s why healthy democracy needs healthy parties: protectdemocracy.org/work/why-do-we…

“The arguments today made clear that Trump seeks absolute unchecked power. Trying to rein in an imperial vision of presidential power like that with an opinion that draws fine lines would be akin to trying to hold water with a net” said Deana El-Mallawany Protect Democracy

“The Supreme Court may be inclined to split hairs, but Donald Trump is not,” Deana El-Mallawany, counsel for the bipartisan group Protect Democracy said after the hearing.

In the latest >If you can keep it<
⚖️ Dr. Kristy Parker and 38th con-gress dissect the Trump immunity SCOTUS hearing
❓ Why political parties matter, explained by Chris Parr & @jrdresden
🗳️ Deseret Magazine on contingent elections
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NEW: Our briefing covers the 4 takeaways from the unprecedented SCOTUS immunity hearing and why immunity wouldn’t just be an outrage — it’s a national security risk.

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Four takeaways from Trump’s SCOTUS immunity hearing

NEW from Dr. Kristy Parker Former civil rights prosecutor, current pro-democracy lawyer and 38th con-gress, counsel at Protect Democracy, working to secure accountability for abuses of power.
ifyoucankeepit.org/p/four-takeawa…

Four takeaways from Trump’s SCOTUS immunity hearing

NEW from Dr. Kristy Parker Former civil rights prosecutor, current pro-democracy lawyer and 38th con-gress, counsel at Protect Democracy, working to secure accountability for abuses of power.
ifyoucankeepit.org/p/four-takeawa…