CBS13 political analyst Gary Dietrich talks about why it's so important that Donald Trump is projected to win the popular vote.
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In 1787, the Connecticut Compromise divided the legislative powers of government into two branches. The Senate gave equal representation to each state and the House gave representation based on the population. Each state has two senators and is allocated a portion of the 435 House seats ...
Thus, the Brexit vote should give it a pause. In this article, I discuss if and to what extent we can hold on to the claim that the EU is based on a pouvoir constituant mixte. In particular, I examine three problems that the UK's decision to leave the EU gives rise to. First,...
The Texas Christian University mascot is a lizard, not a frog. The name goes back to 1897 when students adopted the moniker for the school's yearbook and football team. The school's website describes the creature as "small but fierce." Though the Horned Frogs team name was adopted in ...
Popular sovereignty is the premise that all power of a government rests in the will of the people. Governments based on popular...
The New Popular Front is made up of Socialists, Ecologists, Communists and France Unbowed. They have previously criticised each other and have a number of key differences in ideology and approach. But they decided to form a bloc to keep the far right out of government. ...
But even with unified party control of government, approving a president's agenda is no easy feat — and opposition from members of a president's own party is expected, especially given the narrow majorities. Combo file: President-elect Donald Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate Repu...
But Republicans opted against an omnibus this time, hoping instead to renegotiate all federal spending next year when Trump is in the White House and they will control both chambers of Congress. Is a government shutdown going to happen? Maybe — and maybe not. There is often a scramble on ...
The Electoral College is a 538-member body that elects a president. The framers of the Constitution set it up to give more power to the states and as a compromise to avoid having Congress decide the winner. Each state’s electors vote for the candidate who won the popular vote...