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Public Perception May Curb Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket

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Mike Bedell is a student in the University of Chicago’s Evening Master’s Program.Just before midnight on September 1, 2021, in a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an unsigned order declining to block S.B. 8, the Texas law that bans almost all abortio... More »

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Turkey and the Trump Philosophy

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The United States and Turkey have a long history of political cohesion, and no era was ever so prolific in deal-making for the allies as that of the Trump administration. After nearly two decades of carving away at his country’s democratic freedoms, Turkish Pr... More »

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Abortion Rights Are On the Supreme Court Docket

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During his campaign for President, Donald Trump famously vowed to appoint Supreme Court justices to overturn Roe v. Wade. However, at the end of his term, it remained the law of the land. This could soon change. While the Supreme Court upheld abortion rights i... More »

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Why Do People Forgive Corrupt Politicians?

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The case of Hilario Ramírez, a Mexican politician who, amid a reelection campaign admitted to having stolen from the treasury, “just a bit,” he argued, is more than a simple piece of Latin American political folklore. “Layín”—as Ramírez is also known—was mayor... More »

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What Can We Know from China’s First Legal Order of 2021?

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China’s role on the international arena has been rising prominently. Even with a pandemic engulfing the entire globe since early 2020, the country is still attempting to accelerate its global impact. On January 9, 2021, China’s Ministry of Commerce announced t... More »