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The House that Madison Built
At one point during the 2016 presidential election, 95 percent of Republicans believed that Washington and the American political system...
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Apr 30, 20175 min read


Raising the Floor: Short-Term Profits Versus Long-Term Losses
A patchwork of federal, state, and local laws sets the minimum wages in the United States. The federal minimum wage acts as the bottom...
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Apr 27, 20176 min read


Parched Politics: How a Unitary State Fails its Cities
Water has been labeled the petroleum of the next century and the subject of World War III by Goldman Sachs and Newsweek respectively....
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Jan 4, 20175 min read


Legal Marijuana’s Uncertain Future
Though the presidential election grabbed most of the headlines, Donald Trump wasn’t the only big winner on November 8th – marijuana...
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Dec 23, 20165 min read


Federalism and the Treaty Power: Argument Preview, Bond v. U.S.
Carol Bond was initially thrilled when she learned her friend, Myrlinda Haynes, was pregnant. She was understandably a little less...
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Nov 15, 20135 min read


Federalism: A Frontier for Liberals
October is proving to be an exciting month for congressional spectators. In several weeks Congress will vote on raising the debt ceiling,...
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Oct 3, 20134 min read


Why that Bridge to the Future is So Expensive
After an election there’s often fleeting talk of compromise. One area that seems ripe for compromise is infrastructure. In 2009, the...
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Nov 12, 20124 min read
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