The Dangers of Cheap Speech
November 21, 2023
Richard L. Hasen— In a remarkably prescient article in a 1995 Yale Law Journal symposium titled “Emerging Media Technology and the First Amendment,” a UCLA law professor, Eugene Volokh, looked… READ MORE
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Campaign of the Century
February 22, 2023
Irwin F. Gellman— Kennedy and Nixon ran one of the closest elections in American history. While JFK had an enormous margin in Democratic registration, the vote for each was almost… READ MORE
Even Their Ghosts Do Not Fade Away
July 7, 2021
R.J.B. Bosworth— The far-right party Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy) evokes the national anthem, written in 1847 as a theme tune of Italy’s unification in the Risorgimento. In October 1946,… READ MORE
Five Ways to Protect Democracy from Misinformation Online
June 18, 2020
Philip N. Howard— We need mandatory reporting on the ultimate beneficiaries of data. Citizens should easily be able to see which organizations are receiving and manipulating personal data. Social media… READ MORE
Deep Fakes and Election Rigging
October 24, 2019
Nic Cheeseman and Brian Klaas— Election rigging doesn’t stand still. The strategies used to manipulate the polls continue to evolve, so what does the future have in store? There’s more… READ MORE
Why 2018 is Likely to be a Historic Midterm
June 20, 2018
Alan I. Abramowitz— On the night of June 5, while most of the nation’s attention was focused on the results of California’s crucial “top two” primary, something unusual happened in… READ MORE
Make America Progressive Again
September 25, 2017
Bruce Ackerman— Begin on an optimistic note: Americans of the twenty-first century are much better equipped for citizenship than their counterparts were at the dawning of the Progressive era. About… READ MORE
How the Republicans Lost in 2012
February 23, 2016
Thomas F. Schaller— The 2012 election results were tough medicine for Republicans to swallow. Many conservatives and Republicans believed that Barack Obama was a left-wing radical and a failed president…. READ MORE
Why the Constitution Matters
September 17, 2015
Happy Constitution Day! In Why the Constitution Matters, Harvard Law professor Mark Tushnet poses a seemingly simple question and provides us with a thoroughly unexpected answer, forcing us to question… READ MORE
Why Should We Care about the Census in 2015?
August 27, 2015
Margo Anderson— In these dog days of summer 2015, the 2016 presidential election campaign is already in full swing. Twenty-two announced candidates (seventeen Republicans and five Democrats) are already filling… READ MORE
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