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Legally Elsewhere: The Unpredictable Due Process Protections Accorded to Arriving Immigrants at America’s Border

| August 6, 2022 | Alumnus, Young Scholars

Legally Elsewhere: The Unpredictable Due Process Protections Accorded to Arriving Immigrants at America’s Border
At any moment, tens of thousands of arriving immigrants are imprisoned within the United States without constitutional due process protection. Though held in immigration detention centers deep in the United States interior, these individuals—who arrive at America’s...
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Isaac Bock
Isaac Bock was selected as a 2021–2022 Young Scholar with the Initiative on Faith and Public Life. He is a senior at Patrick Henry College studying American Politics & Policy, and after graduating this autumn, he plans to pursue a legal career.

A Third Article on Impeachment

| March 9, 2020 | Blog Contributor

A Third Article on Impeachment
The recently concluded impeachment proceedings involving President Donald J. Trump have prompted many opinions and observations, some less valid or less accurate than others. Americans, and indeed all of humanity, display a continual willingness to believe that their...
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Bryan Knowles
Bryan Knowles was selected as a 2020 Blog Contributor for the Faith & Public Life blog and is a senior at Bryan College where he is a double major in history and politics & government.

Emergency Powers for Climate Change

| December 13, 2019 | Blog Contributor

Emergency Powers for Climate Change
In case of a national emergency, the United States government must, in a quick and focused manner, react. Because an orderly response is most likely to come from one voice—the commander in chief—emergency powers fall into the lap of the president. But over the last...
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Katherine Cvancara
Katherine Cvancara was selected as a 2019 Blog Contributor for the Faith & Public Life blog and is a senior at George Fox University where she studies biology and political science.

Investing in Service: Professionalization Effects on the Provision of Constituent Service

| November 16, 2018 | Politics, Young Scholars

Investing in Service: Professionalization Effects on the Provision of Constituent Service
Despite the political media’s focus on the various legislative battles taking place in state capitols all across the country, policy and legislative work are only one part of a state legislator’s job description. State legislators are also responsible for helping...
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Thomas Dowling
Thomas Dowling was a 2017-2018 Young Scholar for the Initiative on Faith and Public Life and graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, majoring in political science with a concentration in civic leadership and history.