Society, Politics, & Economics

The Policy Won't Hold Up Under Strict Scrutiny The Trump administration is hell bent on enforcing its immigration and refugee ban. The ban would ultimately a temporary ban on the inflow of Muslims into the United States, however we cannot truly know what Trump means when he says temporary. The language of the ban does not explicitly discriminate against Muslims and the Islamic faith, but the intent behind the ban and the potential effect of the ban are to explicitly discriminate against Muslims and Islam. The Supreme Court is likely to view this case in regards to the religious clauses of the First Amendment. These clauses are the free exercise of religion clause and the establishment of religion clause. The former concerns an individual's right to practice their religion as they see fit, while the latter concerns government support for religion and/or the disadvantaging of religion by the government. The constitution applies first and foremost to the government its...

The Left Must Understand What Mike Pence Represents The current President of the United States, Donald Trump, is currently embroiled in scandal after scandal. Much of them concern the matter of Russia's involvement in the election and Trump's awful handling of the controversy surrounding it. Some Democrats, and even a few Republicans, have either mentioned or been asked about the possibility of the impeachment and removal of President Trump. Representative Al Green has begun his efforts at kick-starting impeachment proceedings in the House of Representatives. While the impeachment and removal of Trump as the president is unlikely while Republicans control both houses of Congress, it is interesting and important to discuss the issue. If Democrats are successful in the process, the vice president, Mike Pence, is next in line to become the president. He represents a relatively significant departure from the current state of governing at the office of the presidency. M...

Trump's "Mistake" Poses A Danger To Our Society Former FBI Director James Comey gave testimony to the Senate today, during which we learned more details regarding his interactions with President Trump. Comey described his meeting with Trump, in regards to Mike Flynn, as a conversation in which Trump requested that Comey and the FBI drop the investigation into Flynn. The exact word that Trump used in his request was “hope”. Comey took this as being an order from the President for him to end the investigation. Comey was criticized for not informing the President that requests of this nature were inappropriate for him to make. However, Paul Ryan, the current Speaker of the House of Representatives in Congress, described this at a news conference by saying:  “He's new in government, and so therefore I think he's learning as he goes" . This response from Paul Ryan is disappointing in a multitude of ways. It shows how members of the same political p...