by Andrew Olivei | Oct 23, 2020 | University of Chicago
In their seminal work How Democracies Die, Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt identify two principal constitutional guardrails that, they argue, have allowed democracy to survive in the United States even in light of constitutional imperfections: mutual toleration and...
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 Preeya Patel | Oct 23, 2020 | University of Chicago
Amongst the constant chaos that has been this year’s election cycle, it’s easy to miss Marjorie Taylor Greene’s primary win. This past August, Greene beat her Republican primary opponent by 15 points for the chance to fill the House seat for Georgia’s 14th...
by Timmy Lee | Oct 23, 2020 | University of Chicago
On June 27, 2019, the US Supreme Court gave its ruling on two significant cases called Lamone v. Benisek and Rucho v. Common Cause. The reason why I am linking these two Supreme Court cases together is that they share two similarities: they revolve around the issue of...
by Atman Mehta | Oct 23, 2020 | University of Chicago
Despite not having grown up in the US, for virtually all my life I’ve heard about the robustness of American democracy, including – especially – the strength of its judiciary. Given those childhood...
