The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for July 3, 2026

Throwing Off Despotism: For Independence Day, a Portion on the Declaration of Independence
For July 4th, while we can't read the entire Declaration of Independence in 90 seconds, we read a portion which includes the passage: "But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government." Happy Independence Day.

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Today’s Links

Articles & Resources:

National Archives - Declaration of Independence: A Transcription
National Archives - The Declaration of Independence: A History
American Constitution Center - Constitutional Voices: African Americans’ early responses to the Declaration of Independence
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History - The Declaration of Independence and Women’s Rights

Related ADM Reports:

American Democracy Minute - Thomas Jefferson Gets the Credit for the Declaration, but the ‘Independence’ Part Came from Richard Henry Lee on June 7, 1776

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U.S. Election Assistance Commission – Register And Vote in Your State

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The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for July 2, 2026

U.S. Supreme Court’s Conservative Majority Unleashes Political Party Coordinated Campaign Money – And Likely More Big Donor Influence
In the tradition of Citizens United, the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority decided National Republican Senatorial Committee v. FEC, allowing political parties to spend unlimited funds on behalf of a federal candidate. It could unleash even more campaign money and more big donor influence.

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Articles & Resources:

U.S. Supreme Court - Opinion in Republican Senate Campaign Committee v. FEC
Federal Election Commission - Supreme Court issues opinion in National Republican Senatorial Committee, et al. v. FEC, et al.
SCOTUSblog - Justices strike down campaign finance law
Covington & Burling Law Firm - Supreme Court Decision in National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission Empowers Political Parties, Calls Other Restrictions into Question
End Citizens United - ECU Blasts SCOTUS for Siding With Billionaires and Special Interests Over Voters in NRSC v. FEC

Related ADM Reports:

American Democracy Minute - (2025) U.S. Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Coordinated Campaign Finance Limits for Political Parties. It Could Unleash Another Torrent of Election Cash.

Groups Taking Action:
Issue One, Public Citizen, Campaign Legal Center/League of Women Voters/Common Cause

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The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for July 1, 2026

In a Surprising Pro-Voter Decision, the U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Mississippi’s Five-Day Mail-In Ballot Grace Period After Election Day
The U.S. Supreme Court surprisingly upheld Mississippi’s law allowing eligible mail-in ballots to be counted up to five days after election day. The decision protects voters in the 29 states which allow receipt of absentee, mail-in, or overseas UOCAVA ballots after election day, if postmarked on or before that day.

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Today’s Links

Articles & Resources:

U.S. Supreme Court - Opinion in Watson v Republican National Committee
U.S. Supreme Court - Docket in Watson v Republican National Committee

SCOTUSBlog - Justices uphold state law allowing for late-arriving mail-in ballots
Brennan Center for Justice - Friend-of-the-Court Brief in Watson v. Republican National Committee
National Conference of State Legislatures - Receipt and Postmark Deadlines for Absentee/Mail Ballots

Related ADM Reports:

American Democracy Minute - March 23rd, U.S. Supreme Court Hears Mississippi Case Which Could Impact Mail-in Ballots in 14 or More States

American Democracy Minute - The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Appear Likely to End Mail-In Ballot Grace Periods, Affecting Dozens of State Laws and Millions of Voters

Groups Taking Action:
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - AAJC, ACLU MS, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Campaign Legal Center

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U.S. Election Assistance Commission – Register And Vote in Your State

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