by John Barrett | Feb 28, 2019 | Saint Louis University
On Monday, February 11th, citizens of a St. Louis suburb braved the cold temperatures and sleeting weather to voice their concerns on the state of affairs within their own community. In hoping to witness democracy-in-action, I attended a city council meeting at the...
by Caleb Logan | Feb 28, 2019 | Saint Louis University
On Tuesday, February 12, I attended the Maplewood City Council meeting. The City Council meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month in the Maplewood City Hall in Maplewood, Missouri. The crowd in attendance included the Mayor, 6 councilmen and councilwomen,...
by Brett Jones | Feb 27, 2019 | Saint Louis University
Often when we talk about the democratic processes in this country, most discussion dissects politics at the national or international level. Occasionally there are conversations, particularly in the United States, about the state level, but even rarer are...
by Matt Willis | Feb 22, 2019 | Rollins College
The following is a response to “The Impact of Presidential Pardoning on American Democracy” by Felicia Gordon. The language of Article II, Section 2 of the United States Constitution is very interesting in that it grants the executive the right “to grant...
by Emily O'malley | Feb 21, 2019 | Rollins College
Nobody can deny that the election of Donald Trump has shaken up democracy in the United States. His authoritarian tendencies are cause for concern, both for the Republican Party and for the country as a whole. The question posed in Alison Gerzina’s “How...
