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SU, JPMorgan Chase collaboration opens path to political careers for veterans
See related: Centennial, Education, Government, School History, State & Local, United States, Veterans
Reeher speaks with TIME about John Delaney's policy suggestions
On presidential candidate John Delaney's suggestion that if elected, he would debate Congress four times a year, Professor Grant Reeher opines: "I can see that this is an effort to change the political culture by requiring direct engagement, but the participants have to agree to take the exercise at face value, in front of TV cameras, and the political disincentives against doing that right now are strong."
See related: Congress, U.S. Elections, United States
Reeher weighs in on in-fighting among NYS Democrats in Daily Star
See related: New York State, Political Parties, State & Local
Thorson discusses how partisanship affects belief of facts with PBS
According to Emily Thorson, assistant professor of political science, negative misinformation about a politician of an opposing party is hard to shake, even after people learn that the original story was false.
See related: Media & Journalism, Political Parties, United States
Reeher weighs in on Elizabeth Warren's campaign strategy in TIME
"When you put out things that people can get behind, you also put out things that people can criticize," says Grant Reeher, professor of political science and director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute, about Senator Warren's campaign strategy to release detailed policy positions early on in the primary cycle.
See related: U.S. Elections, United States
Keck discusses the history of packing the Supreme Court on C-SPAN
"The size of the court is not specified in the constitution and it's changed multiple times…in the first 100 years it was a regular occurrence for Congress to change the size of the Supreme Court," says Thomas Keck, professor of political science and Michael O. Sawyer Chair of Constitutional Law and Politics.
See related: Congress, SCOTUS, United States
Nabatchi discusses volume, administration of FOIA requests in Federal News Network
According to Tina Nabatchi, Joseph A. Strasser Endowed Professor in Public Administration, the ratio between workforce and number of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests appears difficult to manage.
See related: Congress, Federal, United States
Shana Gadarian article on how information helps voters published in Urban Affairs Review
See related: U.S. Elections
Bybee discusses civility in current political times on NPR
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Lovely provides an economic history of tariffs on Marketplace
"The economy has changed a lot since 1888 and in particular, when we think about who bears the burden of tariffs, we have to recognize the development of very complex supply chains for American companies," says Professor of Economics Mary Lovely.
See related: China, Federal, International Affairs, Tariffs, Trade, United States