[Libs-Or] Civics for Adults Update! - and the Supreme Court immunity decision references

[dcohen at hevanet.com]

Civics for Adults Update July 9, 2024. 

 

Workshops

Misinformation and Propaganda - Telling Truth from Fiction.

Sat. August 17, 2024. Time 10:00 PST; 1:00 EST. New Britain Public Library
[CT]. Virtual.

Thurs. October 10, 2024. Time TBA. Tigard Public Library [OR]. Hybrid.

Citizen Activism 101-Making Change Happen 

Sat. September 28, 2024. Hillsboro Public Library. In-person. [May be
switched to Elections / Campaign Finance]

What?! No workshops on Elections/Campaign Finance scheduled [or, The
Constitution: Fulfilling Democracy's Promise?]? Let's change this!

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Selected Civics for Adults Facebook posts:

I've written a useful one-pager: Tips for Making Voting Decisions. Although
it's geared to Portland's new City Council races in November, it is useful
for any election. Feel free to share. Find it here:
<https://www.civicthinker.info/resources>
https://www.civicthinker.info/resources 

 

The Supreme Court Immunity Case:

The opinion: Trump v United States
<https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-939_e2pg.pdf>
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-939_e2pg.pdf 

There is no assessment out there more important than your own - give it a
read. I recommend reading some of it, then taking a break and let it soak in
before reading more. 

 

Hold Up, Trump Is Still in Serious Legal Trouble. Barbara L McQuade.
Bloomberg. July 3, 2024.

Outlines the impact on all aspects of the 2020 interference case as well as
implications to the New York, Florida and Georgia cases.

 
<https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-07-03/trump-immunity-ruling
-leaves-most-jan-6-charges-intact?srnd=opinion-politics-and-policy&sref=8SU5
LPWa>
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-07-03/trump-immunity-ruling-
leaves-most-jan-6-charges-intact?srnd=opinion-politics-and-policy&sref=8SU5L
PWa 

 

The Court Went Too Far on Presidential Immunity 

Walter Olson. CATO Institute [Libertarian think tank].  JULY 3, 2024.

 
<https://www.cato.org/blog/court-went-too-far-presidential-immunity?fbclid=I
wZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1yRx6XLhwzXP-a7pGH0IeaCEG_h0YXRMdXN2ZazYpBs9XRUEnpIbd6tyE
_aem_Xc6UkugAbfS99qJvygJf7w>
https://www.cato.org/blog/court-went-too-far-presidential-immunity?fbclid=Iw
ZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1yRx6XLhwzXP-a7pGH0IeaCEG_h0YXRMdXN2ZazYpBs9XRUEnpIbd6tyE_
aem_Xc6UkugAbfS99qJvygJf7w 

 

Supreme Court's Radical Immunity Ruling Shields Lawbreaking Presidents and
Undermines Democracy   

Thomas Wolf. Brennan Center for Justice. July 2, 2024.

 
<https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/supreme-courts-radi
cal-immunity-ruling-shields-lawbreaking-presidents-and>
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/supreme-courts-radic
al-immunity-ruling-shields-lawbreaking-presidents-and 

 

Interview with Heather Cox Richardson, American historian, author, and
educator. She is a professor of history at Boston College. 

On PBS Newshour. 7/2/2024.
<https://www.pbs.org/video/immunity-fallout-1719959619/>
https://www.pbs.org/video/immunity-fallout-1719959619/ 

 

Here is a chart delineating the different immunity "buckets" into which the
Supreme Court defined a President's actions:



 



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Donna L Cohen, MLIS, MEd

Portland, Oregon

503-737-1425

dcoheninfo at comcast.net <mailto:dcoheninfo at comcast.net>  

Civics for Adults - and Others - Workshops: To Enhance Civic Knowledge and
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right, not just - stand up, say something, speak up!" Rep. John Lewis
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