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David Pepper

Lawyer, writer, democracy champion, and Resolute Square Contributor
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About David Pepper


David Pepper is a pro-democracy leader, lawyer, writer, political activist, former elected official, and adjunct professor, and served as the Chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party between 2015 and 2021. 

His recent book Laboratories of Autocracy is a chilling expose of how corrupt state legislatures threaten democracy. David writes about this and more in his fantastic Substack newsletter, Pepperspectives.

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War On The Courts
State Supreme Courts are a target of the Right. They've succeeded in packing them with cronies in Ohio and North Carolina. Next target: Wisconsin in April.
Threats to DemocracyGerrymanderingMAGA’s hold on the GOP
March 1, 2023
When the GOP Pits Big-Money Against Small Communities, Communities Pay The Price
MAGA’s hold on the GOP
February 15, 2023
GOP Is Bragging About Successful Voter Suppression
The GOP is kicking off Black History Month by trying to repeat a shameful, undemocratic, racist part of that American history. Small wonder they don't want Black History taught in our schools.
Voter SuppressionMAGA’s hold on the GOP
February 2, 2023
The GOP's Dangerous Practice Of Censoring Truth
When governments enter the business of banning books and censoring history, alarm bells should ring loudly about the state of democracy in the present.
Voter SuppressionMAGA’s hold on the GOPGerrymandering
January 25, 2023
David Pepper White Board Wizard
Blind Spot: The Dangers In What We Miss
When we only focus on the politics of personality, we miss the attacks on our democratic institutions and their consequences.
Threats to Democracy
January 5, 2023
David Pepper White Board Wizard
The Danger To Democracy In What We Miss
When we only focus on the politics of personality, we miss the attacks on our democratic institutions and their consequences.
Threats to DemocracyJim JordanBrad Wenstrup
January 3, 2023
State House of Ohio, House Chamber
Once You See It, You Can’t Unsee It. And That’s A Good Thing.
Sometimes individual attacks can appear unrelated, but the big picture is key. Thus is the war on democracy.
Defending DemocracyThreats to DemocracyMAGA’s hold on the GOP
December 20, 2022
Sitting US Supreme Court Justices
A Flagrant Foul Against Democracy
NC Republicans are before the SCOTUS this week. On the opposite side, a founder of the Federalist Society. David Pepper tells us why we might be in for a surprise decision.
GerrymanderingU.S. Supreme CourtConservatism
December 6, 2022
Voting Rights March
Hello, Ohio? It's Jim Crow.
Jim Crow is calling Ohio. It wants its old playbook back.
OhioVoting RightsGerrymandering
November 22, 2022

Topics

Threats to Democracy
Threats to Democracy
Ohio
Ohio
State that is victim to extreme GOP gerrymandering - have you seen the Duck District! - and an elected state Supreme Court that will only make things worse. Democracy in Ohio remains in the balance. AND they have to endure both Jim Jordan and J.D. Vance.
Voting Rights
Voting Rights
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