Andrew Gripp - Independent Voter News (Page 5)

Debating Birthright Citizenship: From the 14th Amendment to the 2016 Election

After weeks of pressure to release detailed policies regarding his positions on immigration, Donald Trump published a slate of reform ideas. Among these is the call to "end birthright

By Andrew Gripp

/ August 24, 2015

Debating Birthright Citizenship: From the 14th Amendment to the 2016 Election

Utah GOP Skirts Around New Election Law to Protect Party-Backed Candidates

On August 15, delegates from the Utah Republican Party gathered to vote on measures ranging from how candidates compete for the party’s nomination to who can be rightfully considered

By Andrew Gripp

/ August 20, 2015

Utah GOP Skirts Around New Election Law to Protect Party-Backed Candidates

Time Running Out for Fla. Lawmakers to Draw Fair Congressional Map

Florida's state legislators meeting in a special session have until noon on Friday, August 21, to agree to a new map for the state's 27 congressional

By Andrew Gripp

/ August 19, 2015

Time Running Out for Fla. Lawmakers to Draw Fair Congressional Map

Luck Egalitarianism: Reconciling Libertarianism and Socialism to Ensure True Equality

Moral Luck, Constitutive Luck Luck plays a tremendous role in our lives. Consider two people who are texting while driving in a residential neighborhood: one such driver, through sheer coincidence,

By Andrew Gripp

/ August 14, 2015

Luck Egalitarianism: Reconciling Libertarianism and Socialism to Ensure True Equality

Who Bucked the Party Line In The Republican Primary Debates?

The first question in the GOP primetime debate was a revealing one. When asked whether the candidates would pledge to support the eventual nominee, only one of the ten candidates

By Andrew Gripp

/ August 7, 2015

Who Bucked the Party Line In The Republican Primary Debates?

Iran Nuclear Deal Divides Reformists and Principlists Over Vision for Country's Future

On July 14, Iran agreed to a nuclear deal in Vienna that would greatly inhibit its ability to develop a nuclear weapon. The agreement, if it goes into effect, will

By Andrew Gripp

/ August 6, 2015

Iran Nuclear Deal Divides Reformists and Principlists Over Vision for Country's Future

Expanding Access to Care: How Bernie Sanders May Get Single-Payer After All

Presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has made health care a central plank in his platform. At a rally on July 30 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of

By Andrew Gripp

/ August 4, 2015

Expanding Access to Care: How Bernie Sanders May Get Single-Payer After All

Following Recent Court Rulings, Proposed Bill Would Improve Ballot Access in Pennsylvania

As reported by Richard Winger on Ballot Access News, the Senate State Government Committee will hold a hearing on September 22 regarding SB 495, the Voter's Choice Act,

By Andrew Gripp

/ August 3, 2015

Following Recent Court Rulings, Proposed Bill Would Improve Ballot Access in Pennsylvania

The Story Behind Why You Have to Pay for Party Primaries

As Bob Conner reported for IVN in 2014, New Jersey’s independents spent approximately $100 million to pay for primaries in which they could not vote between 2000 and 2013.

By Andrew Gripp

/ July 30, 2015

The Story Behind Why You Have to Pay for Party Primaries

Iraq Positioned to Defeat ISIS under Post-Maliki Politics and Reform

Since ISIS declared the establishment of its caliphate just over a year ago on June 29, 2014, it has seen its territory grow and shrink. According to one estimate, ISIS

By Andrew Gripp

/ July 15, 2015

Iraq Positioned to Defeat ISIS under Post-Maliki Politics and Reform

Write-In Campaign Threatens Party-Picked Candidates in Penn. Special Election

In Delaware County, Pennsylvania, a third candidate, Lisa Esler, has emerged in a special election that will take place on August 4 to fill a vacant seat representing the 161st

By Andrew Gripp

/ July 10, 2015

Write-In Campaign Threatens Party-Picked Candidates in Penn. Special Election

Tensions Spike between Local Governments, Feds after San Francisco Shooting

On July 1, Kathryn Steinle was shot and killed on a popular pier in San Francisco. Her murderer, 45-year-old Juan Francisco Lopez Sanchez, had taken sleeping pills he found in

By Andrew Gripp

/ July 9, 2015

Tensions Spike between Local Governments, Feds after San Francisco Shooting