by Melissa Holden | Nov 21, 2023 | University of Memphis
The month of October 2023 was full of turmoil for the United States House of Representatives after the Republican majority elected to remove the speaker, Kevin McCarthy, from his leadership position. It should have come as no surprise that his party lost faith in him...
by Ezra Oyarce | Jun 9, 2022 | University of California, San Diego
The effective Republican prohibition of any meaningful debate on gun reform represents many of the hallmarks of anti-democratic practices: the filibuster, money in politics, and polarization … Rather than attempting to repeat the tired argument over the specific...
by Astrid Weinberg | Feb 25, 2022 | University of Chicago
Impeachment trials are sensationalized events that capture American national attention and media focus. To date, no U.S. president has been removed from office as a result of an impeachment conviction. Such a statistic does not mean that impeachment is an ineffective...
by Joshua Ageloff | Feb 16, 2022 | Boston University
The riot of the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021 was an unprecedented event in American history. That afternoon, thousands of supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol building in a violent attempt to prevent the certification by the United...
by Isabel Duverge | Feb 14, 2022 | Boston University
On February 4th, 2022 U.S. Representatives Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) were formally censured by the Republican National Committee for their involvement with the Democrat-led House investigation of the events of January 6th, 2021. The resolution...
