by Sarah Szilagy | Feb 14, 2022 | Ohio State University
The storming of the Capitol and attempted insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021 was perhaps the most immediate and explicit threat to the United States’ democracy in recent history. In its aftermath, key Republicans in Congress joined the troves of politicians denouncing the...
by Piper Halliday | Feb 14, 2022 | Ohio State University
The number of presidential executive orders per year has reached a record high since Jimmy Carter’s presidency. An executive order, as explained by the American Bar Association, is a “signed, written, and published directive from the President of the United States...
by Quinlan Wilson | Feb 14, 2022 | Ohio State University
In 2020, as the Covid pandemic ravaged the country, the United States saw a significant increase in the use of mail-in ballot. According to the Pew Research Center, in 2020, 46% of all ballots cast...
by Maddie Betts | Feb 14, 2022 | Ohio State University
The Republican National Convention’s censure of Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for their participation in the congressional committee investigating the January 6th attack on the United States Capitol is yet another example of the internal turmoil facing the Republican...
by James Logan | Feb 14, 2022 | Ohio State University
White supremacists, homophobic zealots, and other discriminatory, anti-democratic ideologues have a powerful tool in the American Senate. That tool is the filibuster. The filibuster allows a minority of senators to needlessly impede the steady flow of American...