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The Supreme Court Shut Down the Fifth Circuit’s War on Abortion Drugs
New Republic· 1 day agoWhen the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago, Kavanaugh emphasized in a concurring...
NOT A PURE DEMOCRACY
The Gilmer Mirror· 15 hours agoBy JAMES A. MARPLES ********************************* It is a shame that civics isn’t taught like it was years ago in schools. Too many people think America is a pure democracy — it isn’t !! ...
AI candidates are running for office
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIn the United Kingdom, a new upstart political candidate going by the name “Steve” is calling for a four day work week and economic incentives for...
Letter to the editor — June 11 - Salisbury Post
The Salisbury Post· 4 days agoWhen Ben Franklin was asked about the government the Constitutional Convention designed in 1787, he replied, “it’s a republic, if you can keep it.” A democracy and a constitutional republic ...
Constitutions show government’s sometimes heavy hand in immigration through Texas history
Corpus Christi Caller-Times via Yahoo News· 5 days agoHe has appeared as a political analyst on local television. Some writers of the six constitutions that span the years from independence from Mexico to the cusp of modernity no doubt were spurred ...
Bruce Yandle: From the Boston Tea Party to today’s targeted tariffs: What happened?
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review· 3 days agoFor a nation with roots in a rambunctious 1773 Boston Tea Party protesting British tariffs, it’s odd...
Accountability depends on all of us
The Fayette Tribune· 1 day agoEspecially since the goal of that advertising is to distort perception and focus on just a few quick images, a handful of buzzwords, to suck in the...
Forum: We elect people to represent us – so let them
Traverse City Record-Eagle· 5 days agoAs a former planning and city commissioner, I know that meetings can come with packets as long as 300 pages representing hours of consideration before votes are taken. You have to know who to ...