The foreign policy literature typically sees Congress abdicating its policy making role to the executive, implying a presidential dominance model is superior to other policy process models (joint participation, congressional dominance, and bureaucratic dominance). This article uses two theoretical approaches...
Indeed, the government’s gun violence—inflicted on unarmed individuals by battlefield-trained SWAT teams, militarized police, and bureaucratic government agents trained to shoot first and ask questions later—poses a greater threat to the safety and security of the nation than any mass s...
Now, I know there are visitors from the ‘you just hate Bush’ crowd, but the question of REAL ID is a serious one – how will it make us more secure? Are we making the assumption that terrorists can’t have valid IDs, even when the administration is busy preaching fear and the nece...
“Many critics of the current System note that even as Americans seem unable to influence the political process with their votes for two essentially similar, bureaucratic political parties, they have absolutely no sway over powerful institutions like the media, who hide behind the smokescreen that th...
‘‘This is how it could be done without the bureaucratic red tape of warrants, Miranda laws, and chains of evidence.’’ Their absolute power and freedom from the law make superheroes both an asset and a liability to the RSAs, for no one should be exempt from the control of the State...