Nayib Bukele and State of Exception emergency power
A couple years prior El Salvador had implemented a “state of exception” which suspended several civil liberties and constitutional rights...
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Due Process Violation and Democratic Erosion in El Salvador
In March 2022, El Salvador declared a state of emergency that would reshape not only the country's political landscape but also their legal...
How weak institutions led to the fall of Afghanistan’s democracy.
From 2004 through 2021, the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan was established after the invasion by the U.S. This invasion was a response to the...
Democracy in America in Historic Decline: What’s Next For the USA?
With the release of the most recent V-Dem report on world democracy, the US has reached a 60-year low dropping all the way back to levels before...
Looking at Trump’s and Obama’s State of the Unions Through the Lens of Mutual Toleration
On February 24th, 2026, President Trump delivered the longest State of the Union Address in American history. His speech addressed a range of...
Is Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Actually Keeping Us Safe?
Voter fraud in the United States is almost nonexistent, with very little evidence suggesting that noncitizens are the ones committing it, if it...
The New Poll Tax: How Trump’s Executive Order Is Designed to Keep People From Voting
The New Poll Tax: How Trump's Executive Order Is Designed to Keep People From Voting Imagine being told you need a passport to...
Modern Gerrymandering and Its Damaging Effects on U.S. Electoral Democracy
Introduction Gerrymandering is the practice of drawing electoral maps to favor one political party over another. When redrawing maps, the party...
Confusion and Control: New Voting Laws Weakening Democracy in America
A core component of democracy is representation through free and fair elections. Free and fair can be defined by who qualifies to vote and then...