Constitutional Law Expert Warns Expanding Presidential Power Threatens U.S. Democracy
Constitutional Law Expert Erwin Chemerinsky warns about the expansion of presidential power, and how that weakens the ...
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Berkeley Law School Dean Warns Expanding Presidential Power Threatens U.S. Democracy
The United States' democracy is at risk, according to constitutional law expert Erwin Chemerinsky. Chemerinsky said Monday night at the University of Houston Law School that presidential power has ...
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Is Turkey’s Declining Democracy a Model for Trump’s America?
After purging the judiciary, cracking down on the media, and jailing political opponents, President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan ...
As higher ed faces attack, Ohio State, Johns Hopkins presidents address role in democracy
Ohio State's Salmon P. Chase Center for Civics, Culture & Society held its first public event Tuesday on citizenship ...
NAACP president: Trump ‘deliberately dismantling the basic functions of our democracy’
Derrick Johnson, the president and CEO of the NAACP, said he believes President Trump is “deliberately dismantling the basic ...
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President Erdogan jails his rival, and endangers Turkey’s democracy
Only last week, its government was still what political scientists call a competitive authoritarian regime: although ...
With Erdogan Rival Detained, Critics See Democracy Eroding in Turkey
Opponents say President Recep Tayyip Erdogan manipulates the courts and the media to tighten his grip on power, and now is ...
Leaders of Brazil and Japan stress importance of democracy and free trade
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has stressed the importance of free trade and multilateralism and decried threats against democracy as he and Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba agreed ...