Entries by Neal Barkus

Trump’s Demand for State Voter Lists Has Hit a Wall – For Now

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It’s not a secret that the Trump administration is hyping the voting rights issue in order to yank the right to vote for those it wants to believe are voting illegally. This position tries to cast doubt on the state governments’ Constitutional authority to manage and to protect voting from abuse. Neal Barkus details the position courts have taken to make sure the Federal government does not usurp this important state right. West Virginia has sued to keep it so.

Moving a Sofa – or a Nation

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There is a long-running debate in America between those with a libertarian outlook, who believe it is every man for himself, and the rest of us. Neal Barkus cuts through the debate about individual versus collective rights at a moment’s notice by asking how important our objective really is. Is it moving a sofa or moving a nation? If our objective is hugely important – maybe existential – we know the answer. We have demonstrated time and again that the collective approach is the only way. After all, we are in this together.