Analysis of Husted v. Phillip Randolph Institute (2018) Christopher J. Schaefer, MA 9 July 2018 States are legally permitted to remove infrequent voters from its databases, according to the United States Supreme Court. A five-justice majority, led by Samuel Alito,...
Analysis of Gill v. Whitford (2018) Christopher J. Schaefer, MA 9 July 2018 The United States Supreme Court, in Gill v. Whitford, one of the 2017-18 session’s most highly anticipated and potentially transformational cases, ruled that Wisconsin’s legislative maps were...
Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission: The Remaking of American Campaign Finance Reform Christopher J. Schaefer, MA 9 July 2018 Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission (2009) was a landmark case, yet still controversial. It was a United States...
Five Things We Can Do To Stop School Shootings by Steve Summers The effects of the Parkland shooting have been immense. It was horrifying. There are now 17 empty chairs around tables, and 17 families that must come to terms with their child being gone. We are hurting...
Is Suicide Painless By G To borrow a well-known literary phrase, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” This week, in particular, we have experienced the worst of times. Death is a part of the normal life cycle. However, unexpected, unplanned death is...
Campaign Finance Reform and The Demise of Public Financing Christopher J. Schaefer, MA 10 June 2018 The Federal Elections Campaign Act of 1971, the 1974 amendments to the Federal Elections Campaign Act, and the landmark 1976 Supreme Court case Buckley v. Valeo...
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