by Brenda Garcia | Feb 26, 2022 | University of Chicago
In a letter to President Biden last month, United States Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer announced his intentions to step down and retire at the end of his term. His retirement leaves an open seat on the court, which President Biden must move to fill with his...
by Victoria Calandrino | Feb 16, 2022 | Boston University
In 2020, Republicans in the United States Senate rushed to appoint Amy Coney Barrett to fill Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat on the Supreme Court. Although the next election would occur in a little over a month, Senate Republicans fast-tracked the appointment and...
by Nidhi Shah | Feb 14, 2022 | Ohio State University
Democracy was already backsiding in many countries before the pandemic, and the United States is no exception. However, the pandemic brought forth already existing problems from its polarizing responses to the COVID-19 due to the weakening of the rule of law that has...
by Anna Lee | Feb 5, 2022 | University of Chicago
Currently in Texas it is illegal for women who are six or more weeks pregnant to get an abortion following the passing of Senate Bill 8, which went into effect September of last year. This new ban is the most restrictive abortion measure in the nation. It has received...
by Parker Berke | Feb 4, 2022 | University of Chicago
During his first four years, President Trump appointed 226 judges to federal district, appeals, and supreme courts, almost three fourths as much as President Obama did during his whole two terms. Many Democrats have now been pushing for President Biden to begin his...
