Partisan degradation of democratic processes has resulted in the failure of checks on executive power specifically in reference to the Mueller Report. Ideally, the Department of Justice would check …
International Pressures and the Sudanese Promissory Coup by Sammy Elmasri
Nancy Bermeo, in her 2016 paper “On Democratic Backsliding,” describes the transition of “the classic open-ended coups d’état of the Cold War years [to what she calls] promissory coups,” which, of …
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Felon Disenfranchisement and the Implementation of Amendment 4 in Florida by Sammy Elmasri
Last November, 64.6 percent of Florida voters voted in favor of Amendment 4, which restores voting rights for felons “who have completed all terms of their sentence, including parole or probation,” …