President Trump has a well-documented, antagonistichistory with many of the country’s most prominent and respected news authorities. In an October 2018 article Vox’s Ezra Klein wrote a piece on …
Nicolas Maduro and the Venezuelan Presidency By Luis Sierra
In Venezuela, President Nicholas Maduro has managed to remain in power even as the country continues through protests and a worsening economic crisis. Even after Juan Guiado the opposition leader …
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How Disinformation is Threatening the 2019 Indian Election by Jenny W. Xiao
As the world’s largest democracy heads to the ballot box this week, political observers are worried that propaganda and “fake news” pose a threat to the country’s parliamentary elections. Earlier this …
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Is Reforming the Supreme Court Possible? by Emily Morrison
Since his election in 2016, President Trump has had the opportunity to appoint not one, but two Supreme Court justices. If re-elected in 2020, the probability of another vacancy on the Court is very …
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The Anti-Federalists’ prediction: The Founding Fathers’ Fears of Executive Encroachment on Checks and Balances may have been Warranted. By Joseph Libertin
Anti-Federalist Concerns A country still wrought with polarization and disagreement was unsurprisingly born out a similar form of disagreement. This dispute arose from contemplation over the …
The Varying Difficulties of Constitutional Modification: A Threat or Benefit to Democracy? By Ian Henson
Constitutions are widely recognized as a critical or essential component to a well-functioning democracy. Although many would agree that the U.S. Constitution is not a perfect document, it has existed …
American Authoritarian Populism Analysis by Anjali Nahata
Americans are constantly hearing phrases such as “Drain the Swamp” from right-wing politicians and concerns about “the rise of populism” in our country from leftist political scientists. Is …
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Does the Ukrainian presidential election demonstrate the erosion of democratic norms?
(The Associated Press) Current Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko and future Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky at the first and only presidential debate. The Ukrainian …