Democratic members of Congress, including Joaquin Castro, have called on the Biden administration to take a tougher stance with Texas, such as "federalizing" the Texas National Guard and subjecting them to a Supreme Court ruling and relevant federal laws. "Greg Abbott and the Republicans in Texa...
This chapter evaluates some of the central theoretical tenets surrounding the centrality of political parties for democratic representation, governability, accountability, avoidance of populism, and democratic consolidation in one case study. The empirical perusal of Peru's "democracy without parties" during...
Two-hundred-sixty-three Texas Democratic delegates are attending the national convention in Chicago. 2024 Election The General Election takes place on Nov. 5, 2024. The first day to apply to vote by mail was Jan. 1. The last day to apply to vote by mail is Oct. 25 - received, not po...
The governor may leave a bill unsigned as a symbolic act or to distance themselves from the legislation, said Sherri Greenberg, a dean for state and local government engagement at the University of Texas at Austin and a former Democratic state representative. It’s the lieutenan...
Gov. Greg Abbott: We are not imposing a Texas border policy. Texas, very simply, is enforcing the laws-- that-- are the policy of the United States Congress. Cecilia Vega: What gives you the authority to tell the U.S. Border Patrol what to do?
“Flawed Democracy”. This places them solidly behind “Full Democracies” in central Europe, but also Costa Rica or Uruguay, and very far from e.g. leading Scandinavian countries or Switzerland. Instead, America is comparable to some countries with little democratic tradition like South Korea or...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Republican power struggle in Texas that could push the state even further right come November isn't cooling down.
SANDERSON, Texas (AP) — During the nine hours that Texas was allowed to arrest and deport people who illegally enter the U.S., Sheriff Thaddeus Cleveland never changed his tactics with migrants in his remote border county.
As the chart illustrates, this was especially true among Republicans, so I’m not trying to “both sides” this, but I do want to unpack the effect that severe polarization might have on democratic erosion. That is, how do you factor in polarization when looking at how the U.S. has be...
Texas Military Department, Flickr “We have to remember, it’s a sober wake-up call that climate change is happening now,” Garcetti said. “To the last flat-earthers that exist, I would say: tell that to somebody sweating on the fire line who is a firefighter right now that this isn...