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Brazil two months out

With two months until Brazil's presidential election, the controversial incumbent could by laying the foundations for a Trump-style attempt at subversion.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Latin America, United States 2 Comments 2 August 2022

Lessons for Taiwan

A planned visit by Nancy Pelosi has again raised the question of Taiwan's future, and of what lessons can be learned from the invasion of Ukraine.

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Charles Richardson East Asia, Political issues, United States, War and peace 3 Comments 29 July 202229 July 2022

Fixing American elections, revisited

Reform of the US Electoral Count Act has advanced on the agenda, but progress is by no means assured.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Party matters, Political issues, United States 4 Comments 28 July 2022

Trump and the Tea Party

Donald Trump's obsession with his election loss is not just personal; it draws on demons in the Republican Party's soul.

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Charles Richardson Party matters, Political issues, United States Leave a comment 25 July 2022

Gerrymanders for all

The US supreme court may have another controversial decision up its sleeve for later this year, making it even harder to stop elections being manipulated.

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Charles Richardson Constitutional law, Electoral law, United States 2 Comments 8 July 20228 July 2022

Gorsuch goes rogue again

At the end of a controversial term, a US supreme court decision shows unusual acrimony within the conservative camp.

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Charles Richardson Constitutional law, Personalities, Political issues, United States Leave a comment 4 July 20229 February 2023

America battles over choice

The US supreme court's decision to overturn its precedents on abortion has thrown the issue into the political arena as never before. The search for a compromise is unlikely to succeed.

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Charles Richardson Constitutional law, Party matters, Political issues, United States 4 Comments 28 June 2022

Watergate at fifty

Fifty years on from the beginning of the Watergate cover-up, the United States again confronts the question of liability for presidential criminality.

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Charles Richardson Constitutional law, Personalities, Political issues, United States 2 Comments 23 June 2022

Libertarians against freedom

In an eerie parallel to what has already happened to the Republican Party, America's Libertarian Party falls into the hands of the enemies of liberty.

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Charles Richardson Ideas, Party matters, United States 3 Comments 3 June 20226 October 2022

Peace or victory?

The only route to a sustainable peace in Ukraine is Ukrainian military victory.

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Charles Richardson Europe, Political issues, United States, War and peace 3 Comments 3 May 20228 January 2024

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