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    Why declaring a national emergency to build a border wall could set Donald Trump on the road to impeachment

Why declaring a national emergency to build a border wall could set Donald Trump on the road to impeachment

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Although some critics have floated the idea of impeaching Donald Trump, Democratic leadership in the House of Representatives has so far muted such calls. Some analysis, however, suggests that if Trump declares a national emergency to build a border wall with Mexico, it would constitute an impeachable offense. Thomas Gift examines how conversations over impeachment could change if Trump […]

February 12th, 2019|Elections and party politics across the US, Thomas Gift|0 Comments|
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    Republicans in Congress may be the best positioned to stop Trump from declaring a national emergency.

Republicans in Congress may be the best positioned to stop Trump from declaring a national emergency.

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After the recent partial shutdown of the US government, Donald Trump emerged politically weakened and without his promised $5.7 billion border wall with Mexico. With the potential of yet another shutdown looming in less than three weeks, Trump may take the daring step of declaring a national emergency to secure funding for the wall. Thomas Gift analyzes the legal […]

February 1st, 2019|Elections and party politics across the US, Thomas Gift|0 Comments|
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    Trump’s base does not support withdrawing US troops from Syria; Americans continue to favor international engagement.

Trump’s base does not support withdrawing US troops from Syria; Americans continue to favor international engagement.

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Last month, President Trump announced that US troops would be leaving Syria. While some have suggested that Trump’s move is yet another example of the President pandering to his base, Thomas Gift and Jonathan Monten show that recent survey data do not bear this out: 70 percent of Republicans who back Trump support the use of US troops overseas […]

January 7th, 2019|Jonathan Monten, Thomas Gift, US foreign affairs and the North American neighbourhood|0 Comments|
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    Ivy Leaguers Rule America. Liberals don’t seem to mind. Conservatives do.

Ivy Leaguers Rule America. Liberals don’t seem to mind. Conservatives do.

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Graduates of Ivy League universities like Harvard, Yale, and Princeton dominate American politics. But how do voters feel about their country being run by those educated at these elite institutions? In new research, Carlos X. Lastra-Anadón and Thomas Gift asked survey respondents to rate hypothetical candidates who were randomly assigned an education at either an Ivy or non-Ivy League […]

October 9th, 2018|Carlos X. Lastra-Anadón, Democracy and culture, Thomas Gift|1 Comment|
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