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Before the Ballot Arrives: Trump’s Mail Voting Order and the Capture of Election Infrastructure

Before the Ballot Arrives: Trump’s Mail Voting Order and the Capture of Election Infrastructure

by Patrick Walsh | Apr 19, 2026 | Suffolk University

By March 24th, Donald Trump had voted by mail in a special election to fill a seat in Florida’s lower chamber. A week later, he signed an executive order directing the federal government to control who else gets a mail ballot. The order, titled “Ensuring...

Disabling the Judiciary: How Tension Between Israel’s Judiciary and Governing Coalition Threatens Democracy

by Charlie Bowie | Apr 18, 2026 | Boston University

As of today, dozens of federal judicial positions in Israel, including 4 Supreme Court positions, remain vacant. This comes as a result of Justice Minister Yariv Levin’s continued refusal to convene the Judicial Selection Committee, heavily impairing the functionality...

From Left to Right-Wing Populism: Can Argentina Survive Another Movement?

by Lizzie Casazza | Mar 30, 2026 | University of Houston

In November 2023, self-proclaimed anarcho-capitalist Javier Milei won the Argentinian presidency. His campaign ran on the promise of dismantling the existing political establishment that many Argentinians had grown dissatisfied with. Yet, rather than departing from...

Donald Trump Continues to Exemplify Every Autocratic Warning Sign in the Book

by Elizabeth O'Neill | Mar 26, 2026 | Salem State University

               The recent launching of an air strike campaign by the United States and Israel against Iran has the international and domestic community alike holding their breath, and it only confirms long-held concerns about President Trump’s style of governing; he...

Trumpian Reform and Its Implications for American Democracy

by Lizzie Casazza | Mar 9, 2026 | University of Houston

Should a president always be held accountable for crimes committed in office if he claims they were necessary to doing his job? In Trump v. United States, the Supreme Court essentially ruled no. Under the 2024 ruling, a president would have absolute immunity from...
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