How hyper polarization has led to politicians in the United States ignoring their constitutional obligations Ever since …
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How hyper polarization has led to politicians in the United States ignoring their constitutional obligations Ever since …
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The presidential election of 2016 was one that stirred the nation. The way that a businessman and television personality, Donald Trump, took over the Republican party and later the presidential …
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Cries for impeachment have echoed across the country since the day Donald Trump was elected the 45th President of the United States of America. Admittedly, a lot of these cries arose before any …
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Impeachment of a President has only happened twice in United States history; once with Andrew Johnson in 1868 and once with Bill Clinton in 1998. Impeachment is the legislature's ability to check …
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Democracy By Coincidence Referenda and recalls are some of the seemingly democratic solutions to the failures of the electoral system or the representatives within it. In the former, the …
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The U.S. legal system is withstanding the Trump onslaught. By David Brooks The New York Times February 21, 2019 A crucial question of the Trump years has always been: Will our …
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The progressives’ Green New Deal centralizes power. by David Brooks New York Times February 11, 2019 Over the past generation, global capitalism has produced the greatest reduction in …
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The Economist February 23rd 2019 Donald Trump’s real target is not illegal immigration but a …
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