In this fascinating account, the author examines the politics of federal education policy
through the lens of the most recent reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary …

We live in an age where one person's judicial" activist" legislating from the bench is
another's impartial arbiter fairly interpreting the law. After the Supreme Court ended the 2000 …

Winner of the Society for History in the Federal Government's George Pendleton Prize for
2013 The United States Senate has fallen on hard times. Once known as the greatest …

This research demonstrates that a polarity paradox exists in the enactment of landmark laws
by the US Congress. Moderate conflict facilitates the production of landmark laws whereas …

Despite an accumulation of scientific evidence on both the causes and consequences of
climate change, US public opinion on the subject has splintered sharply along party lines …

Group discussion of legislation is a defining feature of parliaments and legislatures.
However, there is little evidence that these conferences influence legislators' policy positions …

This essay analyzes Senate debate over the nomination of John Ashcroft for Attorney
General using Kenneth Burke's theory of form in an effort to understand how (in) civility is …

As college campuses expand co-curricular approaches to civic engagement, faculty and
staff are challenged to consider how to develop and support students' online civic …

This article offers a theoretical examination of civility within the modern US Senate (USS),
grounding the contemporary literature—which conceives of civility as a set of standards for …

Le président des États-Unis serait l'homme–ou la femme–le plus puissant de la planète.
Cette perception commune, sans cesse alimentée par les productions d'Hollywood, n'en est …