by Breanna O'Brien | Apr 20, 2025 | University of Memphis
The Judicial branch has power and control over translating and applying our laws in the court system. The purpose of having three separate branches is to preserve an equal and fair democracy in the United States. Unfortunately, the Judicial Branch is overstepping and...
by India Clarke | Apr 18, 2025 | Boston University
On the 31st March the leader of the French far-right party (The National Rally), Marine Le Pen, was banned from running in the 2027 presidential election. She was convicted of embezzlement of European Union funds in a French court, resulting in a five-year public...
by Cayden Bobley O'Connor | Dec 11, 2022 | Skidmore College
Three years ago, former President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva, stood behind bars, with his best years seemingly behind him. After being released in 2019 due to a Supreme Court ruling on imprisonment procedures, Lula has been the subject of what is...
by Brooke Hanley | Dec 1, 2021 | University of Georgia
Brazil is the fifth largest democracy in the world, it is also currently one of the most fragile. While President Jair Bolsonaro often claims to defend “democracy”, contradictorily, he has put Brazil’s democracy further at risk. He has done this by limiting the...
by Woeser Dolma | Apr 11, 2018 | Skidmore College
Colonialism created the Philippines political system embedded on socio-economic elites whom profited from political positions. Historically, the Philippines political elites became corrupt because they had position of power over the rest of the population....
