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Although the pandemic is beginning to recede in much of Canada, the federal and provincial governments are preparing for the onset of winter and its likely impact on case counts…
Although public confidence in the Court is falling, there is little chance that Congress will impose any structural changes, or even a code of conduct. Further conservative…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB280681
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The speaker is the most important officeholder in the legislative branch. Having the role vacant since October 3 -- a result of Republican party in-fighting and the party’s…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB282869
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Breyer will leave at the end of what has already proved a strikingly contentious Supreme Court term, notable for the majority’s deployment of unusual procedures and the intensity…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB267096
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Tillerson was initially viewed as one in a troika of stability-minded officials with more orthodox views on foreign policy than President Donald Trump, along with Secretary of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB222186
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Jones won a special election on December 12, 2017, the first Democrat to win a US Senate seat in Alabama for years. His win means that the Republican Party’s Senate majority is…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB227887
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Some of Canada’s largest provincial governments have seen their approval ratings fall in the wake of the third wave, although there has been little impact on the Liberal…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB261841
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The pro-gun lobby is one of the most influential in the United States and resists attempts to curtail Second Amendment (“right to … bear arms”) freedoms. At the heart of the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB229887
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Trump entered office deeply sceptical of the importance of wars in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, but his critics say his troop-withdrawal announcements are timed to distract US…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB240771
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A majority of the Court's members are now prepared to risk its institutional legitimacy by overturning precedents and altering legal doctrines that would have remained in place…