by Alice Scollins | Oct 15, 2022 | Boston University
The Supreme Court, as an institution, has endured many changes — from the expansion of the court in 1790 from seven to nine justices, to the court packing plan attempted by Franklin D. Roosevelt. Recently, one new challenge has been the growing politicization of the...
by Jake Gustin | Oct 15, 2022 | Boston University
On September 30, 2022, Burkina Faso experienced its second coup within a year, ousting the now former President Lieutenant-Colonel Pual-Henri Damiba in favor of Ibrahim Traore, one of the army captains for the nation, who has utilized military rule to establish a new...
by Bridget Griffith | Oct 14, 2022 | Boston University
From 2014 to 2016, 16 million voters were removed from voter registration lists. Voter roll purges keep voting rolls accurate by canceling the registration of people who have passed away, moved, or are for any reason no longer able to vote in the jurisdiction....
by Sophia Wagner | Oct 14, 2022 | Boston University
The election of Italy’s Giorgia Meloni brings to light decades old tensions between technocracy and democracy within EU countries. On September 26, 2022, Giorgia Meloni, President and founder of the Brothers of Italy (Fdl) – a Euroskeptic and nationalist...
by Alex Umiker | Oct 12, 2022 | SUNY-Binghamton
How did we get here? How did the United States come so close to the overturning of a democratic election that has guaranteed the peaceful transfer of power for almost 250 years? Infamously, President Trump refused to accept the results of the 2020 election after he...
