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What Can Democrats Learn From Trump’S 2020 Performance?, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.

What Will A Post-Trump U.S. Supreme Court Look Like? It Might Not Be All That Bad For Liberals, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.

December 2, 2020: Reform The Electoral College, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Reform the Electoral College“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

The Electoral College Is Dangerously Vulnerable To Manipulation. It's Time To Fix It, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.

This Year’S Divided Electorate Is A Reminder Of Why We Need Workable, Governing Majorities, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.

The Importance Of Having Properly Funded Art Programs And The Benefits It Brings To Public Schools, Chelsey Brown

Liberal Arts Capstones

This presentation is to help raise awareness towards art education in schools and how these programs are losing their funding. The main focus is to present information on how the arts benefit people in both the school and in more public settings. Politics affect how much money is given to the arts and if the school is not art-rich, they may suffer and have a poorly funded arts program. The arts provide cognitive, health, and social benefits that can help kids learn and can also help those who participate in community programs. Students who participate in art, music, theater, or …

November 10, 2020: How I Reacted Last Time To Demands For Recounts, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “How I Reacted Last Time to Demands for Recounts“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

November 8, 2020: Joe Biden Wins, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Joe Biden Wins“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

Alito, Conservative Justices Are Fighting Old Ghosts In Pa. Count All The Ballots, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

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November 4, 2020: Looks Like President Trump Was Reelected, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Looks Like President Trump Was Reelected“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

October 27, 2020: Will The Supreme Court Survive This Treachery?, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Will the Supreme Court Survive This Treachery?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

Defending Bridgegate, George D. Brown

Washington and Lee Law Review Online

The Supreme Court’s decision in the “Bridgegate” controversy has been the subject of intense debate. It has received strong support. However, some critics assail the decision as representative of a pattern of recent cases in which the Court has shown itself as indifferent to political corruption, if not supportive of it. Somewhat lost in the discussion is the decision’s potential to be the foundation for a seismic re-alignment of anti-corruption enforcement in the United States. The current model—with federal prosecution as the norm—is not cast in stone.

We Need Independent Judicial Review. We Don’T Need The Filibuster. Let's Get Rid Of It, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

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Winners And Losers In The American Political Debates Of The Nation’S Health: An Ethical And Moral Dilemma, Dr. Sheila P. Davis

Journal of Health Ethics

The third and final issue of the Online Journal of Health Ethics for 2020 presents two poignant articles that are rankled with current health ethics and moral issues as the world races to a resolve for the COVID pandemic. There appears to be no easy, quick-fix solutions to the pandemic that has claimed over 1.11 million lives worldwide in this first wave. The Gellert article addresses his view of the U.S. government’s political response and the Gunn article presents an ethical perspective of the emerging promised vaccine to halt the virus.

October 18, 2020: Anti-Racism, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “ Anti-Racism“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

The One Religious Question That Amy Coney Barrett Shouldn’T Have To Answer, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

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Eight Months Later, Ellen D. Katz

Reviews

Rick Hasen’s Election Meltdown provides a concise and scathing analysis of what ails the American electoral process. Rick identifies four “principal dangers”—namely, voter suppression, “pockets of incompetence” in election administration, “dirty tricks,” and “incendiary rhetoric” about stolen or rigged elections. He argues that these dangers have contributed to past dysfunctional elections and are sure to infect future ones. Election Meltdown closes with some proposals to temper the identified dangers so as to make voting less difficult and restore confidence in the electoral process.

October 3, 2020: It Is Fitting That President Trump Contracted The Virus, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “It Is Fitting that President Trump Contracted the Virus“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

Mcconnell’S Lust To Control The Supreme Court Could Destroy It, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

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September 22, 2020: Today's Column On The Confirmation Fight, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Today's Column on the Confirmation Fight“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

Political Tribalism Is Trumping Accountability. That’S Bad For Democracy, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

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Getting The Most Out Of Extractive Industries Transparency: How A More Explicit Treatment Of Political Considerations Could Strengthen The Impact Of Transparency Efforts, Columbia Center On Sustainable Investment

Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment Staff Publications

Work on transparency in the extractive industries (EI) has achieved important successes over the last two decades. For example, significant commitments to disclosure have been secured, the volume of publicly available information about critical activities has increased considerably, and norms around certain information being in the public domain have been established. There is also a growing library of use cases for this information. Nonetheless, important work remains to be done to translate these efforts into impact.

Political context is crucial to determining the fate of transparency efforts. Therefore, grappling with political context more effectively will also be key to unlocking …

Undefeated - Women In Politics Exhibit Panel, Sally Brown

Undefeated Exhibit Panels

Undefeated - Women in Politics poster

Women identified are Geraldine Ferraro, Ella Grasso, Hillary Clinton, Minnie Buckingham Harper, Charlene Marshall, Victoria Woodhull, Kama Harris. A description of Suffrage Buttons is included

Here’S Everything Libertarians Like Russ Diamond Get Wrong About Mask-Wearing, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

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August 25, 2020: The Case For Trump, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The Case for Trump“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

Law School News: Judge Rogeriee Thompson, Legal Pioneer Dorothy Crockett Among Influential "Women Of The Century" 08/19/2020, Eryn Dion, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Life of the Law School (1993- )

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N.Y.’S James Is Right To Go After The Nra For Fraud And Malfeasance. Seeking To Dissolve It Is A Step Too Far., Bruce Ledewitz

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August 7, 2020: Latitia James's Tyranny, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “ Latitia James's Tyranny“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

August 5, 2020: The Power Of Prayer, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The Power of Prayer“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

Authority And The Globalisation Of Inclusion And Exclusion: Author Meets Readers, Hand Lindahl, Christine Bell Prof, Friedrich Kratochwil, Hans-W. Micklitz, Carlos Thiebaut, Bert Van Roermund

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

Authority is written against the background of intense resistance to globalization processes by a range of political movements and grassroots organizations. These processes are complex and have a variety of dimensions. One of these is the emergence of global legal orders, which I define, in a rough and ready manner, as relatively autonomous legal orders that claim or aspire to claim global validity for themselves. They too-most obviously the World Trade Organization (WTO)-are the butt of resistance. Whatever its forms and aspirations, resistance to globalization is fueled by their peculiar dynamic. Indeed, emergent global legal orders spawn massive exclusion when …