Trump’s Use of the SAVE Database May Threaten Democratic Participation
On Friday, September 25th, the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to make use of the Department of Homeland Security's Systematic...
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The Press and the Limits of Presidential Power
On September 25, 2026, The Atlantic published Quinta Jurecic’s article, “The Two-Year Temper Tantrum to Come,” about President Donald Trump’s...
Paid for by Democracy
Ahead of the November 3rd midterm elections, President Trump aired three commercials trumpeting American exceptionalism, but they drew bipartisan...
Federal Funding Being Used as Political Leverage in the US
In June 2026, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced new conditions for states...
Redistricting Chaos: Executive Attempts to Suppress Missourian Voters
In the November 3rd general election, 1 in 4 Missourians will vote in a different district than in the August primaries. With last-minute rulings...
Can Politicians Hear Americans’ Disapproval Over the Hum of Data Centers?
In early September, an AI researcher at Anthropic resigned due to his belief that his leadership and colleagues were pursuing AI development in a...
Submarine Policy in an Era of Polarization
Introduction At a time when American politics experiences extreme partisan divide, one area of policy still looks surprisingly cooperative. On...
Constitutional Hardball and the Politics of Mail Voting
Trump's March 2026 executive order on mail voting is best understood as constitutional hardball, in Levitsky and Ziblatt's sense, rather than as...
Tunisia’s Post-Arab Spring Decline: Courts as Tools of Democratic Erosion
For much of the decade following the Arab Spring, Tunisia was celebrated as the movement’s only lasting democratic success. While uprisings...