David Leshchiner
- Nov 24, 2019
- 9 min
New Nation: The Bougainville Question
In the Pacific Ocean, the island of Bougainville, currently part of Papua New Guinea (PNG), is poised to become the newest nation in the...
Katharine Sciackitano
- Oct 22, 2019
- 9 min
It's more than just Ukraine: Trump's constitutional crimes
While the political sphere today is obsessed with Trump’s call with the Ukrainian president and the subsequent fallout, this...
Dennis Marinovsky
- Apr 9, 2019
- 3 min
Ukraine's No Laughing Matter
As I write this article, the war over the Donbass region of Ukraine has lasted exactly four years. While most of the world has moved on,...
Lana Green
- Feb 23, 2019
- 5 min
Economists, Not Politicians, Should Lead on Immigration Reform
Politicians have debated and promised the reduction of illegal immigration and stronger border policies for decades. Today, the...
Chris Fenn
- Feb 6, 2019
- 9 min
Part II: Constitutional Failure Since 9/11
I. Introduction Since September 11, 2001, presidents and their administrations have adopted theories of broad emergency presidential...
Chris Fenn
- Dec 18, 2018
- 8 min
Part I: Emergency Presidential Power and Defining Constitutional Failure
I. Introduction Scholarly literature on emergency presidential power is divergent and divided into three schools of thought: (1) broad...
Lana Green
- Sep 29, 2018
- 5 min
What the Federalist Papers can Tell us about Lobbying Today
According to a poll conducted by Monmouth University Polling Institute, only 26 percent of Americans supported the new tax bill in...
Mark Lu
- Mar 3, 2018
- 7 min
The Faux Politics of Corporate Spending
Campaign finance is something we hear about every day. If Congress votes against legislation that clearly enjoys support from the...