How Disinformation is Threatening the 2019 Indian Election by Jenny W. Xiao
As the world’s largest democracy heads to the ballot box this week, political observers are worried that propaganda and “fake news” pose a threat...
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Is Reforming the Supreme Court Possible? by Emily Morrison
Since his election in 2016, President Trump has had the opportunity to appoint not one, but two Supreme Court justices. If re-elected in 2020,...
The Anti-Federalists’ prediction: The Founding Fathers’ Fears of Executive Encroachment on Checks and Balances may have been Warranted. By Joseph Libertin
Anti-Federalist Concerns A country still wrought with polarization and disagreement was unsurprisingly born out a similar form of disagreement....
The Varying Difficulties of Constitutional Modification: A Threat or Benefit to Democracy? By Ian Henson
Constitutions are widely recognized as a critical or essential component to a well-functioning democracy. Although many would agree that the U.S....
American Authoritarian Populism Analysis by Anjali Nahata
Americans are constantly hearing phrases such as “Drain the Swamp” from right-wing politicians and concerns about “the rise of populism” in our...
Does the Ukrainian presidential election demonstrate the erosion of democratic norms?
(The Associated Press) Current Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko and future Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky at the first and only...
Anti-Refugee Sentiment in Germany by Ruth Selipsky
Since Germany’s reunification in 1990, the former East and West have been united under a single constitution: the Basic Law for the Federal...
Is Trump’s Declaration of a National Emergency at the Border a Threat to American Democracy? by Emily Young
On February 15th, 2019 President Trump held a national press conference announcing his declaration of a National Emergency at the Border with...
Erosion by the Polarized Judiciary: Has the United States Supreme Court already failed? by Kenneth Coleman
The Bush v. Gore (2000) decision has been scrutinized as the most partisan decision by the Supreme Court, arguably in history, but certainly for...