Sixty years ago this summer, Congress enacted the nation-transforming Voting Rights Act. Soon, however, Congress and a ...

The UK government has recently committed to adopting a new policy—dubbed ‘Martha’s Rule’—which has been characterised as providing patients the right to rapidly access a second clinical opinion in ...

The Supreme Court has delivered a monumental victory for the Constitution, the separation of powers and the rule of law in ...

Until the democratic revolutions of the 18 th century, the tyranny of the minority, in one form or another, was the only form of rule on offer anywhere on the planet. For millennia, whether it was ...

In light of the upcoming country visit to Iraq by the UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues the UNPO and Assyrian Universal Alliance have submitted a report on the current human rights situation ...

Research featuring Carr Center's Erica Chenoweth. Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to ...

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) declined to say whether he would support the moratorium but noted he “likes states’ rights.” Several state leaders and lawmakers are also pushing back.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticized what she described as a pattern of civil rights violations by immigration authorities, including wrongful detentions of U.S. citizens. Speaking at a House ...

The only real way to reverse minority rule is through big structural reforms like abolishing the Electoral College, eliminating the filibuster, ending partisan gerrymandering, enshrining a ...

Minority Rule Is Threatening American Democracy Like Never Before The Founding Fathers planted a bomb in the Constitution. Donald Trump lit the fuse. Ari Berman May+June 2024 Issue ...