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Canada’s Freedom Convoy and the Emergencies Act: A Postmortem

Judith Sears1 Comment

For three weeks in January and February 2022, a convoy of truckers dubbing themselves the Freedom Convoy shut down parts of downtown Ottawa and some border crossings between Canada and…

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Is The Right to Abortion Set to Be Overturned? – Unpacking the Leaked Supreme Court Opinion

Stacia Wilson1 Comment

On Monday, May 2, 2022, Politico released a (now authenticated) leaked first draft of a Supreme Court opinion regarding Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The case is an appeal…

Articles, GovernmentAndrew Yang, Bernie Sanders, campaign finance, campaign finance reform, Citizens United, FEC, Federal Corrupt Practices Act, Federal Election Campaign Act, Hillary Clinton, Joe Manchin, Joseph Keppler, Justice Antonin Scalia, Justice John Paul Stevens, Kyrsten Sinema, Mitch McConnell, money in politics, President Nixon, quid pro quo, Robert Bork, Robert E. Mutch, Supreme Court, Tillman Act, Watergate

Influence for Sale: How American Politicians Have Been Bought and Paid For

Nick Ramos4 Comments

In 2000, the total investment in United States federal elections—congressional and presidential—was $3 billion. By 2020, it had shot up to $14.4 billion. Perhaps it’s time to ask what that…

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Congress in Crisis: Assessing Our Broken Branch, Pt. II

Nathan C. Smolensky0 Comments

How We Got Here, Why It's Getting Worse, & What We Can Do About It Editor’s Note: This is the second article in our two-part series on Congress. Part I…

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Congress in Crisis: Assessing Our Broken Branch, Pt. I

Nathan C. Smolensky1 Comment

Editor’s Note: This is the first article in our two-part series on Congress. This part discusses the issues currently causing the problems. Part II discusses how we got to this…

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