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Postcarding & Conversation with Donna Lieberman, Executive Director of NYCLU · Mobilize
Join us starting at 9:30am ET to write postcards, talk about the news, and hear from candidates and political leaders. If this is your first time joining this group, please sign on at least 15 minutes...
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July 29, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism · Indivisible
Across the country, authoritarian forces are getting bolder and more dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass deportations, rollbacks of civil rights, weaponized courts, and f...
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July 10, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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Another tidbit from the Constitution:
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Fears of Government Overreach: A Historical Perspective
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April 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Another tidbit from the Constitution:
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A little more on Amendment 4
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Understanding the Crucial Fourth Amendment Rights
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April 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM
A little more on Amendment 4
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Worth a watch, even if you’ve read them already
20 Lessons on Tyranny
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20 Lessons on Tyranny
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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
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March 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Worth a watch, even if you’ve read them already
20 Lessons on Tyranny
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20 Lessons on Tyranny
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Read the Constitution in a Month Day 31.
This is the amendment that took the LONGEST to ratify.
The 27th Amendment simply requires that if Congress votes itself a raise, the raise won't go into effect until after the next election.
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This is the amendment that took the LONGEST to ratify.
The 27th Amendment simply requires that if Congress votes itself a raise, the raise won't go into effect until after the next election.
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Read the Constitution in a Month- Day 31
Story of Amendment XXVII The founding fathers proposed the amendment in 1791. It was approved only by a few states and then kind of disappeared. Then, in 1982, Gregory Watson, an undergraduate student...
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March 31, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Read the Constitution in a Month Day 31.
This is the amendment that took the LONGEST to ratify.
The 27th Amendment simply requires that if Congress votes itself a raise, the raise won't go into effect until after the next election.
www.vickitillmancoaching.com/read-the-con...
This is the amendment that took the LONGEST to ratify.
The 27th Amendment simply requires that if Congress votes itself a raise, the raise won't go into effect until after the next election.
www.vickitillmancoaching.com/read-the-con...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
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March 31, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
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Read the Constitution in a Month Day 30
During Vietnam War, young men were required to register for the draft and could die in a war three years before they could vote.
This Amendment lowered the voting age to eighteen.
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During Vietnam War, young men were required to register for the draft and could die in a war three years before they could vote.
This Amendment lowered the voting age to eighteen.
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Read the Constitution in a Month- Day 30
This was a life-changing amendment for those in my generation. The US involvement in Vietnam lasted from 1955 to 1975. Our actual combat missions started in 1965 and looked like it would never end. Th...
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March 30, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Read the Constitution in a Month Day 30
During Vietnam War, young men were required to register for the draft and could die in a war three years before they could vote.
This Amendment lowered the voting age to eighteen.
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During Vietnam War, young men were required to register for the draft and could die in a war three years before they could vote.
This Amendment lowered the voting age to eighteen.
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If DOGE were serious about rooting out unqualified workers, they’d focus on their own cabinet nominees - maybe like a Sec. of Defense leaking classified war plans?
My MERIT Act would reinstate recently terminated probationary federal employees and provide them back pay.
My MERIT Act would reinstate recently terminated probationary federal employees and provide them back pay.
March 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
If DOGE were serious about rooting out unqualified workers, they’d focus on their own cabinet nominees - maybe like a Sec. of Defense leaking classified war plans?
My MERIT Act would reinstate recently terminated probationary federal employees and provide them back pay.
My MERIT Act would reinstate recently terminated probationary federal employees and provide them back pay.
Read the Constitution in a Month Day 28. Amendment 29 assures that there will not be poll taxes on federal elections.
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Read the Constitution in a Month- Day 28
This Amendment assures that voters cannot be forced to pay poll taxes for federal elections. Transcript is from National Archives (archives.gov). AMENDMENT XXIV Passed by Congress August 27, 1962. Rat...
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March 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Read the Constitution in a Month Day 28. Amendment 29 assures that there will not be poll taxes on federal elections.
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Read the Constitution in a Month Day 27...DC gets the vote!
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Read the Constitution in a Month- Day 27
In 1961, the residents of the District of Columbia received the right to vote for president! Just like all states, the residents actually are voting for electors who will represent them in the Elector...
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March 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Read the Constitution in a Month Day 27...DC gets the vote!
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Read the Constitution in a Month Day 26. Amendment 22 ensures that no president will serve more than 2 terms.
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Read the Constitution in a Month- Day 26
After Franklin Delano Roosevelt broke the presidential two-term tradition and was elected to four terms in office, the American public decided they wanted some codification of the original two-term pr...
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March 26, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Read the Constitution in a Month Day 26. Amendment 22 ensures that no president will serve more than 2 terms.
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Read the Constitution in a Month Day 25. Practical details amendment.
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Read the Constitution in a Month- Day 25
Section 1 fixes the start date of the President and Vice President as January 20 after their election. Section 2 fixes the start date of the House of Representatives and Senate as January 3 at noon, a...
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March 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Read the Constitution in a Month Day 25. Practical details amendment.
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Read the Constitution in a Month Day 23. Today's two Amendments are interesting. Amendment 18 is the only amendment to be repealed (by Amendment 21).
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Read the Constitution in a Month- Day 23
Amendment XVIII, which was ratified in January 1919, is the only Amendment that was repealed. Amendment XXI repealed it in December 1933. Amendment XVIII made the manufacture, sale, or transportation ...
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March 23, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Read the Constitution in a Month Day 23. Today's two Amendments are interesting. Amendment 18 is the only amendment to be repealed (by Amendment 21).
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Read the Constitution in a Month Day 21. Two Amendments: XV: Voting Rights are protected for citizens, no matter their race, color (or if they had been formerly enslaved. An XVI: the government can create an income tax.
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Read the Constitution in a Month- Day 21
We are reading two impactful Amendments: Amendments XV and XVI. Amendment XV clarifies the right to vote of all citizens (implied male citizens) no matter what their race, color, or if they had earlie...
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March 21, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Read the Constitution in a Month Day 21. Two Amendments: XV: Voting Rights are protected for citizens, no matter their race, color (or if they had been formerly enslaved. An XVI: the government can create an income tax.
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Read the Constitution in a Month Day 20. Two of the most important Amendments:
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Read the Constitution in a Month- Day 20
We are looking at two Amendments today: Amendments XIII and XIV. They are two of the most important Amendments to our Constitution. Amendment XIII abolished slavery. Amendment XIV covered birthright c...
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March 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Read the Constitution in a Month Day 20. Two of the most important Amendments:
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If you know someone who is thinking about homeschooling high school, here is some excellent info.
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Planning Your Homeschool High School
When I'm coaching homeschool parents and teens, I start with this illustration:Thanks for reading 7SistersHomeschool’s Substack!
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March 20, 2025 at 12:27 PM
If you know someone who is thinking about homeschooling high school, here is some excellent info.
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Read the Constitution in a Month Day 19. Two Amendments to read today: Amendments XI and XII.
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Read the Constitution in a Month- Day 19
AMENDMENTS XI and XII Today we will look at two Amendments, Amendments XI and XII. The transcripts are from National Archives (archives.gov). Explanations are bolded and italicized. Amendment XI The J...
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March 19, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Read the Constitution in a Month Day 19. Two Amendments to read today: Amendments XI and XII.
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Read the Constitution in a Month Day 18.
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Read the Constitution in a Month- Day 18
The transcript is from National Archives (archives.gov). Amendment X The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States r...
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March 18, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Read the Constitution in a Month Day 18.
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Read the Constitution in a Month Day 17
We have rights enumerated in the Constitution. Those are important rights to protect. The Constitution also reminds us that we have rights that are not enumerated in the text but are protected just as well.
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We have rights enumerated in the Constitution. Those are important rights to protect. The Constitution also reminds us that we have rights that are not enumerated in the text but are protected just as well.
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Read the Constitution in a Month- Day 17
This short amendment was a compromise between two factions of the founding fathers: the Anti-federalists and the Federalists. The Anti-federalists did not want an overly strong federal government. The...
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March 17, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Read the Constitution in a Month Day 17
We have rights enumerated in the Constitution. Those are important rights to protect. The Constitution also reminds us that we have rights that are not enumerated in the text but are protected just as well.
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We have rights enumerated in the Constitution. Those are important rights to protect. The Constitution also reminds us that we have rights that are not enumerated in the text but are protected just as well.
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Read the Constitution in Month, Day 16. Thanks for reading with me. If we know our foundational document, we can protect our freedoms!
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Read the Constitution in a Month-Day 16
The founding fathers harkened back to the English Bill of Rights from 1689 and Virginia’s Declaration of Rights to protect us from excessive bail, fines, and cruel and unusual punishments. The Cruel a...
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March 16, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Read the Constitution in Month, Day 16. Thanks for reading with me. If we know our foundational document, we can protect our freedoms!
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Read the Constitution in a Month Day 15. Did you know that the US is one of the few nations that allows jury trials in civil cases?
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Read the Constitution in a Month- Day 15
This is an interesting Amendment. Our founding fathers wanted to preserve the right to juries in civil (not criminal) cases. In the complexities of life before the War for Independence, civil juries w...
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March 15, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Read the Constitution in a Month Day 15. Did you know that the US is one of the few nations that allows jury trials in civil cases?
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Read the Constitution in a Month Day 14. The founding fathers knew that in countries where leaders had too much power, folks were jailed for long periods without charges just for irritating the authorities. One reason for the 6th Amendment.
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Read the Constitution in a Month- Day 14
Our founding fathers wanted to make sure that the justice process was fair, thus we have the details in both Amendments V and VI. The transcript is from National Archives (archives.gov). Brief explana...
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March 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Read the Constitution in a Month Day 14. The founding fathers knew that in countries where leaders had too much power, folks were jailed for long periods without charges just for irritating the authorities. One reason for the 6th Amendment.
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Did you know that in 1970 the Supreme Court decided that welfare benefits are "property" protected by the Fifth Amendment. I'm thinking that is an important concept, seeing as how some government officials want to mess with Medicare and Social Security.
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Read the Constitution in a Month- Day 13
There’s a lot packed in this one little Amendment! Thanks for reading through the Constitution with me! Many of the rights in the Fifth Amendment are rooted in old English common law. The grand jury c...
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March 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Did you know that in 1970 the Supreme Court decided that welfare benefits are "property" protected by the Fifth Amendment. I'm thinking that is an important concept, seeing as how some government officials want to mess with Medicare and Social Security.
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Our Natural and Constitutional right of Freedom of Speech.
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What is Freedom of Speech?
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March 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Our Natural and Constitutional right of Freedom of Speech.
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