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The National Constitution Center's "Restoring the Guardrails of Democracy" Initiative

First post in the Volokh Conspiracy symposium on the NCC "Restoring the Guardrails of Democracy" project.

Reason

Volokh Conspiracy Symposium on the National Constitution Center "Restoring the Guardrails of Democracy" Project

The symposium will include representatives of all three teams that drafted reports for the project: conservative, libertarian, and progressive.

Reason

Workhorses, not show horses: Five ways to promote effective lawmaking in Congress

Americans dislike Congress, especially when it fails to act on pressing problems. They are then surprised by legislative accomplishments on climate change, gun control and maintaining competitiveness with China.

The Conversation

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First Thing: Nasa to launch rocket that can take humans to the moon

Test flight part of plan to return humans to the moon – and eventually Mars. Plus, the people who can’t stop daydreaming

The Guardian - UK

Bolsonaro and Lula face off in Brazil presidential debate

Brazil's main presidential candidates took their gloves off on Sunday and laid into each other in the first presidential debate for the October general election with accusations of corruption and threats to democracy.

Reuters

Kinzinger on GOP abortion bans: ‘The crueler you are, the more likely you are to win a primary’

Kinzinger said Sunday he is open to backing “left wing” Democrats who believe in democracy over “anti-democracy”: Republicans.

Chicago Sun-Times

Morning mail: 100 days of Albanese, Victorian bail blowout, US democracy warning

Monday: The PM will make a speech about what comes next, with better economic equality for women among his goals. Plus: meet the ‘sommeliers’ of crisps

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The "Good Government Trilemma": Why We Can't Have Democracy, Accountability, and Big Government all at Once

Canadian legal scholar Leonid Sirota outlines some reasons why.

Reason

‘The US could lose the right to vote’: top official’s democracy warning

Jena Griswold urges Americans to pay attention to crucial but often overlooked races for secretary of state

The Guardian - US

My New Book Chapter on "Top-Down and Bottom-Up Solutions to the Problem of Political Ignorance""

It is now available for download on SSRN. The chapter is part of a forthcoming volume on "The Epistemology of Democracy," edited by Hana Samaržija and Quassim Cassam.

Reason

Pa. man who beat officer with a Trump flag at Jan. 6 riot sentenced to nearly 4 years

PHILADELPHIA — A Montgomery County man who beat a Washington, D.C., police officer with a Trump flag during the Capitol riot was sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison Friday — one of the harshest punishments imposed so far for a person accused in the Jan. 6 attack.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Thackeray’s Shiv Sena forges alliance with pro-Maratha Sambhaji Brigade

Alliance an effort to save democracy, says Sena chief

The Hindu

Biden finally busts out the F-word

Trump attempted a fascist coup — so anyone who continues to support him is implicated in an anti-democracy ideology

Salon

CNN shifts right: Will they never learn?

With Brian Stelter off the air, CNN seems determined to repeat the grotesque errors that led to President Trump

Salon

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Attempt to topple AAP government shows how dangerous ‘Operation Lotus’ is for democracy: Shiv Sena

The editorial in the Sena mouthpiece Saamana said the BJP was worried about 2024 Lok Sabha elections and scared of rival leaders such as Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray, Arvind Kejriwal, Mamata Banerjee and Nitish Kumar.

Axios

Biden likens Trump-aligned Republicans' ideology to "semi-fascism" at rally in Maryland

"The MAGA Republicans don’t just threaten our personal rights and economic security, they're a threat to our very democracy."

Axios

Biden accuses Trump-aligned Republicans of "semi-fascism" at Democrats' rally in Maryland

"The MAGA Republicans don’t just threaten our personal rights and economic security, they're a threat to our very democracy."

The Independent UK

‘The survival of our planet is on the ballot’: Biden kicks off midterm campaigning with talk of high stakes

President warns Maryland voters that democracy is still at stake despite Donald Trump’s defeat in 2020

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Even With Political Nemesis Prayuth on the Ropes, Thai Democracy Advocates Still Glum

Despite the suspension of the prime minister, the same authoritarian players still dominate Thai politics.

The Hindu

By not giving answers, government has made it clear it used Pegasus to weaken democracy: Congress

By staying silent the government has made it clear that it used the Pegasus spyware against Rahul Gandhi, other opposition leaders, scientists, election commissioner, registrar of the Supreme Court, civil society activists, senior journalists, Gourav Vallabh said.

The Hindu

Will Rahul Gandhi, Congress apologise on Pegasus issue: BJP

The prime minister was accused of crushing democracy and parliamentary proceedings were disrupted over the issue.

Salon

Abortion, democracy reshaping midterms

No, one special election victory doesn't prove anything — but it sure feels like the political winds have shifted

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Why CNN’s efforts to appease democracy’s enemies will backfire

Since 2016, MAGA propagandists like Kayleigh McEnany, Jason Miller, Jeffrey Lord, Rick Santorum, Ben Ferguson, Steve Cortes, Corey Lewandowski have at one time or another been on the CNN payroll. On one hand, they aided and abetted a figure who amplified violence against CNN, labeled the free press the “enemy…

Asharq Al-Awsat

First US Ambassador to Sudan in 25 Years Lands in Khartoum

John Godfrey landed in Khartoum on Wednesday to assume the position of the first US ambassador to Sudan in almost 25 years. “Ambassador John Godfrey arrived today in Khartoum, the first US Ambassador to Sudan in nearly 25 years,” the US embassy said in a statement. “Godfrey will work to…

The Hindu

Strangling Tunisia’s democracy

Kais Saied is a populist zealot who promises El Dorado even as he leads his country into a quagmire

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