The Framers’ Constitution - Democracy Journal
WEBFirst, at the very core of the Framers’ Constitution is the recognition that, in a self-governing society, courts must generally defer to the preferences of the majority. Although courts may always review governmental action to guard against the arbitrary or unreasonable, the starting point must be a presumption of judicial modesty.
Democracy Journal | A Journal of Ideas
WEBAre tariffs an effective tool to shape markets—or a regressive tax whose goals can be achieved via others means? A debate. By Elizabeth Pancotti Todd N. Tucker Matthew Yglesias. Summer 2024, No. 74 – 33 MIN READ.
Proving Democracy Works
WEBDemocracy Rules: Liberty, Equality, and Uncertainty By Jan Werner Müller • Farrar, Straus and Giroux • 2021 • 256 pages • $27. President Joe Biden stated at his first presidential press conference in March 2021 that democracy is in a “battle” with autocracy for the future. He continued, “We’ve got to prove democracy works.”.
What History Teaches Us - Democracy Journal
WEBTagged Democrats History Populism progressivism The New Deal. The People’s Party or Populist Party of the early 1890s marked a departure in American politics. Populism mobilized millions of men and women—farmers and workers, middle class activists and urban reformers—to challenge corporate power. In doing so it made major political ...
The Case for More Immigration - Democracy Journal
WEBConfirming the existence of complementarities between natives and immigrants, economists Gianmarco Ottaviano and Giovanni Peri found that immigrants from 1990 to 2006 increased the relative wages of native-born American workers by just 0.6 percent. Know-nothings believed the Irish would destroy the republic.
The Missing Right: A Constitutional Right to Vote
WEBThe correct answer, according to the United States government, was, “The right to vote.”. But that “right” has always been on shaky ground. Just as the Constitution once countenanced slavery, it also allowed voting to be restricted to property-holding white men. The Thirteenth Amendment expunged the stain of slavery from our basic law ...
The Post-Neoliberal World Is Already Here : Democracy Journal
WEBMay 7, 2020 · Ideas and policies limited by neoliberalism’s straitjacket made the United States more vulnerable to begin with. Our neoliberal mindset is also the reason that, once the crisis hit, we automatically reached for market-focused solutions, rendering our responses both expensive and anemic. 1.
Growing the Grassroots - Democracy Journal
WEBGrassroots organizing and movements are the necessary ingredients for fundamental change. Social movements throughout American history have always delivered at least three key elements necessary for significant and enduring change: agenda-setting, narrative change, and structural shift in institutions, rules, or policies.
Growth and the Middle Class - Democracy Journal
WEBPoliticians typically see the middle class as something to create with the gains of economic growth. But in fact, the opposite is the case: The middle class is the source of economic growth. A strong middle class provides a stable consumer base that drives productive investment. Beyond that, a strong middle class is a key factor in encouraging ...
Undermining the Democratic Idea - Democracy Journal
WEBThis is why one of Donald Trump’s most profound betrayals of democracy is his open hostility to the democratic idea itself. Every student of history knows that the United States itself has fallen short of the democracy’s standards. The shapers of American foreign policy have at times been willing to ally with dictators to serve what they ...
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