APSA

Judicial Review as a Limit on Government Domination: Reframing, Resolving, and Replacing the (Counter)Majoritarian Difficulty

Judicial Review as a Limit on Government Domination: Reframing, Resolving, and Replacing the (Counter)Majoritarian Difficulty Matthew E.K. Hall Abstract: For centuries, politicians, activists, and academics have criticized the American system of judicial review as democratically illegitimate. In […]

Journals

Lest Congress Forgets: A Fellow’s Walk and Institutional Partisanship in Contemporary Representational Politics

The latest virtual issue of PS features articles written by alumni of the Congressional Fellowship Program (CFP) from 2010 to 2015. The CFP fellows serve yearlong placements in congressional and executive offices, and they chronicle […]

APSA

Theme Panel: 20 Years after Welfare Reform

Theme Panel: 20 Years after Welfare Reform Thu, September 1, 8:00 to 9:30am On August 22, 1996, President Clinton signed the historic welfare reform bill into law. For 20 years, people have debated the wisdom […]

APSA

Class Bias in Voter Turnout, Representation, and Income Inequality

Class Bias in Voter Turnout, Representation, and Income Inequality William W. Franko, Nathan J. Kelly and Christopher Witko Abstract: The mass franchise led to more responsive government and a more equitable distribution of resources in the United States and […]