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Judges, former elected officials talk about democracy, public trust on bus tour
The celebrations of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence happened over the Fourth of July weekend, but lessons about it continued last week at the LeMoyne Community Center in Washington.
The teachers were a group of former judges and a former Pennsylvania governor who told students about the importance of the document and the rule of law. Their stop at the LeMoyne Community Center was part of a three-state 无毛视频淛ustice in Motion无毛视频� bus tour that is taking them through Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan.
Moderator Jon Delano, a former political reporter for Pittsburgh无毛视频檚 KDKA-TV, noted that when the Declaration of Independence was drafted in 1776, many Americans were not included in its calls for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, including women, men who did not own property, Black people and Indians.
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The stop at the LeMoyne Community Center followed a visit to the Westmoreland County Courthouse in Greensburg. The bus and its occupants were also due to travel through Ohio, making stops in Columbus, Wooster, Sunbury and Cleveland before wrapping up in the Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe.
The participants in the bus tour are from both the major political parties. The tour has been organized by two groups: Keep Our Republic, a nonpartisan civic organization that seeks to strengthen trust in democracy, constitutional norms and the rule of law; and the Democracy Rising Collaborative, another nonpartisan group that organizes lawyers, retired judges and civic leaders to support democracy and the rule of law.
The stop at the LeMoyne Community Center was sponsored by the Washington County Bar Association.
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