Matthew Jarrell - Democratic Erosion

Reflections on Public Service and Democracy with Preet Bharara by Matthew Jarrell @ Brown University

John Adams famously wrote that the infant United States, as a new republic, was a nation of laws and not of men—by which he presumably meant no single personality, no matter how large or formidable,...

A State of Chaos: Maine Fights for Democracy by Matthew Jarrell @ Brown University

Brown University

Federalism is a powerful weapon for state and local governments against an anti-democratic agenda in Washington. Creeping authoritarianism within State Houses, however, is an entirely different...

For God or Country? Religion and Israeli Democracy by Matthew Jarrell @ Brown University

Brown University

Israel is a small nation, about the size of New York City in population and the state of New Jersey in land area. It was established in 1948 as a Jewish state, and its national symbols,...