by Jacob McWilliams | Nov 17, 2025 | University of Pittsburgh
Executive aggrandizement has been a persistent issue in El Salvador for years, dating back to President Bukele’s election in 2019. With legislative approval, Bukele is on his way to eroding democracy in El Salvador entirely. Over the past two months, Bukele has...
by Lucinda Posner | Nov 17, 2025 | University of Pittsburgh
On September 15th, 2024, former President López Obrador of Mexico signed into law a sweeping judicial reform drastically changing Mexico’s political landscape. The reform’s most prominent feature is the direct election of all Mexican judges at the state and federal...
by Parker Saturday | Nov 3, 2025 | University of Georgia
In late September, President Donald Trump followed his ad-hoc federal mobilizations of National Guard servicemembers and nationwide deployment of ICE officers with a directive to the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Taskforce to target a supposed network of domestic terrorists,...
by Damian Preciado | Oct 20, 2025 | Arizona State University
Recent reports by The New York Times share a growing consensus within the judiciary of an impending crisis, with a lack of clarity creating foreseeable conflict and confusion. The article noted a survey that went to over 400 federal judges; 65 of them responded. These...
by Arianna Lopez | Oct 18, 2025 | Arizona State University
Modern autocratization is often marked by executive leaders weaponizing the legal system of the democratic country they were elected to lead. It allows for an easy way of legitimizing controversial political moves, giving them a legal veneer in order to conceal their...
