Dangers of Constitutional Veneration
Read Aziz Rana's book The Constitutional Bind: How Americans Came to Idolize A Document That Fails Them (2024) Read Aziz Rana's recent New York Times op-ed, The Constitution Won't Save Us from Trump.
10 Juni 20241h 5min
What is Social Media's Role in Our Democracy?
Sandeep Vaheesan, The Red States Fighting the Good Fight Against Big Tech, The New Republic, Feb. 24, 2024.Amicus Brief of the Open Markets Institute in Netchoice v. PaxtonZephyr Teachout, Texas's Soc...
28 Maj 202442min
Ireland's Referendum on Women's Role in the Home
Check out the Irish Electoral Commission's information website for voters about the referendum.Read Professor Cahillane's op-ed, "The ‘women in the home’ provision is hardly a suitable sentiment for a...
5 Mars 202452min
Will the French Constitution Enshrine the Right to Abortion?
Stéphanie Hennette-Vauchez is Professor of Public Law at the Université Paris Ouest Nanterre and a fellow of the Institut Universitaire de France. She is an internationally renowned expert on human r...
26 Feb 202438min
Disqualifying Political Candidates Who Threaten Democracy: Global Perspectives
Read Tom Ginsburg, Aziz Z. Huq, and David Landau, Democracy's Other Boundary Problem: The Law of Disqualification in California Law Review (2023).Tom Ginsburg is Leo Spitz Distinguished Service Profe...
7 Feb 202442min
War and the Future of Democracy in Israel
On January 1, the Supreme Court of Israeli issued a long-anticipated decision, striking down the Government’s efforts to limit the Supreme Court’s power. The case was argued a few weeks before Hamas ...
14 Jan 202451min
The Polarizing Struggle for a New Constitution: Chile's Upcoming Referendum
Veronica Undurraga was the President of the Expert Commission created in December 2022 to draft a new constitution for Chile. She is a professor of Law at Universidad Adolfo Ibañez and author of many...
15 Dec 202351min
From Tyranny, Inc. to "Win-Enough" Democracy
Sohrab Ahmari is the author of How Private Power Crushed American Liberty—and What to Do about It. He also founded the online magazine The Compact, and was formerly the op-ed editor of the New York P...
11 Dec 202350min
