Politics

This House believes the expenditure of money should be protected as speech.

4 Jan 2013

The Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission[1] held that the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which protects...

This House would directly elect city mayors

30 Apr 2012

In many towns and cities throughout the world, mayors are directly elected by the citizens, with varying but often considerable power to govern locally on...

This House would grant politicians immunity from prosecution

2 Mar 2012

Some modern states grant politicians outright immunity from prosecution. In such countries, including Albania,[1] Brazil[2] and to a lesser degree France...

This House Would Remove Bush Tax Cuts For The Wealthy

20 Feb 2012

In 2001 and 2003 President Bush implemented a series of tax cuts for all classes of society. These tax cuts were set to expire at the end of 2010. During 2010...

self-determination

13 Sep 2011

IR | Minorities | Politics | Rights | Society

Self-determination is loosely defined as the right of nations or peoples to "freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social...

Media

13 Sep 2011

The term "public figure" covers a relatively large spectrum of people who share the commonality of being widely known, this can range from those who...

Democracy

13 Sep 2011

Using the electoral system of Proportional Representation (PR) means that the percentage of the popular vote that a party wins becomes the percentage of the...

Media

13 Sep 2011

Defamation is the term used to describe the action of damaging an individual's reputation or character and laws governing defamation are amongst some of...

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