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A Brief History on Campaign Finance Laws: 1787 to the Rise of Corporations
This month’s sharply split decision of McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission has once again renewed interest in the history of campaign finance reform in our republic.The history of campaign finan ...
17 Apr, 2014
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Academics Help Us Understand How Best to Bridge Political Divisions
"To help liberals understand (and be civil to) conservatives.""To help conservatives understand (and be civil to) liberals.""To help everyone understand libertarians, who are often ignored because the ...
16 Apr, 2014
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Democrats and Republicans Cater to Partisan Bases in Wage Debate
President Obama signed an executive order on Tuesday designed to address the male/female pay gap among federal contractors. On a related note, Senate Democrats pushed to open a debate on the Paycheck ...
10 Apr, 2014
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America: Merging A Constitutional Democracy and A Republic
America is often referred to as a democracy, but in truth that is shorthand for a more nuanced reality. America is democratic, but it is also a republic. Democracy and republicanism, though related, a ...
26 Mar, 2014
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Crowded GOP Field Divides Big Money Donors in West Virginia House Election
Seven Republicans, two Democrats, and one independent have stepped up to claim the West Virginian House seat U.S. Representative Shelley Moore Capito (R-02) is vacating for a shot at the Senate.The Ho ...
14 Mar, 2014
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Bridging the Gender Gap: 4 States Have Yet to Send a Woman to Congress
With International Women’s Day this past weekend, across the world there were displays of support for women. In Montevideo, Uruguay, the government dedicated a stamp to Luisa Cuesta, who has fought fo ...
11 Mar, 2014
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5 States With The Worst Ballot Access Laws
Third parties that have a national infrastructure such as the Green Party and Libertarian Party have waged legal battles from California to North Carolina to improve their ability to get on the ballot ...
24 Feb, 2014
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Do You Know the Difference between Marijuana and Hemp?
Video embedded from BenSwann.comWhen many people hear industrial hemp, the first thing that may come to mind in marijuana. After all, there is a close association between the two, but perhaps not as c ...
18 Feb, 2014
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A More Inclusive Presidential Primary Would Motivate Voters to Participate
It seems that in every cycle there is debate about which states should hold the first presidential primary elections. Some state always seems to try to jump ahead of Iowa and New Hampshire. Since 1972 ...
13 Feb, 2014
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Will Virginia Allow Broader Use of the Electric Chair?
The electric chair could make a comeback in Virginia.Due to a shortage of the drugs used for lethal injection, the Virginia House of Delegates recently passed a bill (proposed by Del. Jackson Mil ...
30 Jan, 2014
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