by Michael Tsegaye | Feb 14, 2025 | Boston University
The last few weeks of American governance have come as a massive surprise to vast swathes of the American public. Among the various events that have rocked the American Political Circus: the establishment of an executive-contracted organization, which lacked an act of...
by Maura Kitterick | Feb 14, 2025 | Boston University
On January 20, 2025, Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States, marking the beginning of his second term in the Oval Office. That day, he signed a myriad of consequential executive orders, one of which is Executive Order 14171: Restoring...
by Pamela Arjona | Feb 13, 2025 | Boston University
President Trump has spent the first weeks of his administration enacting firm executive orders and appointing allies to key government positions. His swift actions have not gone unnoticed, given that many Americans—and international spectators alike—witnessed apparent...
by Sophia Wotman | Dec 5, 2024 | Brown University
He used methods of intimidation and subverted the rule of law to attack his political enemies. He played the “strong man” to weaken institutional mechanisms and checks against his authority. He frequently made inappropriate and crass remarks and threatened to pull his...
by laudolff.1@osu.edu | Sep 13, 2024 | Ohio State University
“With fear for our democracy, I dissent.” It is July 1, 2024, and the Supreme Court of the United States ruled on the case Trump v. United States. Liberals, like Justice Sonia Sotomayor of the above quote, are furious while conservatives praise the 6-3 decision that...
