Introduction: On January 22nd, 2018, the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court ruled that the state’s U.S. Congressional Districting Map was unconstitutional. Drawn up in the aftermath of the 2010 midterm …
The Populist Dilemma by Oluwabomi Fagbemi @ University of Pennsylvania
Partisan polarization plays a huge role in American politics, with the Democrats and Republicans running a (nearly) closed shop in a winner takes all system. For the most part, partisanship points …
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It’s good for American democracy that Trump’s hiring freeze failed by Marissa Kelly @ Ohio State University
The Trump administration’s bureaucracy is notably unusual for a couple of reasons. The first comes from the president’s adamant desire to shrink the number of federal employees, as evidenced by his …
Judicial Independence at Risk in Pennsylvania by Rachel Pomerantz @ University of Pennsylvania
The political fight over gerrymandering in Pennsylvania has recently taken a markedly dangerous turn. The legal battle over the Pennsylvania congressional district lines has become a debate about …
Voter Identification: How Voter Suppression Could Be Indicative of Democratic Erosion by Matthew Graff @ The University of Pennsylvania
Voter identification laws have become a source of extreme partisan debate in the United States. The Republican party, which is decidedly mono-racial and mono-ethnic, tends to support strict voter …
Trump Has Over A Hundred Court Vacancies to Fill; That’s No Accident by Drew Niccum @ The Ohio State University
When President Donald Trump was inaugurated on January 20, 2017, he inherited a Supreme Court nomination from President Barack Obama after the Senate refused to vote on the nomination of Merrick …