by Niko Rodriguez | Oct 23, 2020 | University of Chicago
It is clear that increasing partisanship correlates with democratic erosion. Matthew Graham and Milan Svolik, in a candidate-choice experiment, found that US voters who identified with a certain party were more likely to choose a candidate from the same party in spite...
by Alex Mantilla | Oct 23, 2020 | University of Chicago
On December 21, 2018, news organizations ran abuzz with a bomb report — Ruth Bader Ginsburg had been re-diagnosed with cancer. The BBC published this headline: Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Liberal America panics when she falls ill. But why is this the case? Why should the...
by Maggie Habib | Oct 22, 2020 | University of Chicago
On Monday, the Supreme Court split four to four in a decision on whether Pennsylvania absentee ballots received up to three days after election day could be counted, allowing the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s earlier affirmative ruling to stand. The...
by Tad Montesano | Oct 21, 2020 | Williams College
Since 2015, Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party has engaged in a systematic effort to remake their courts in the name of unrooting corruption and promoting the people’s interest. Many countries claim to use judiciary reform to stabilize democracy. In the...
by Samuel Riley | Oct 20, 2020 | Williams College
It is no secret to pro-democracy advocates and authoritarian rulers alike that an independent judiciary is a fundamental protection against authoritarian regression. Indeed, an independent judiciary provides vital checks on legislative and executive power, blocking...
