Stephen Ward

The Newly-Reforged Supreme Court

December 20, 2017December 28, 2017 Stephen Ward 0 Comments bill of rights, discrimination, first amendment, gerrymandering, judicial branch, neil gorsuch, state legislature, supreme court, United States

The last year has been relatively quiet for the U.S. Supreme Court. The death of Justice Antonin Scalia left the

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Susan Collins: Most Likely to Make You Wish You Had Ninety-Nine More of Her in the Senate (Alternatively: Perfect Attendance)

December 2, 2017December 16, 2017 Stephen Ward 0 Comments 2017 superlatives, bipartisan, congress, legislature, politician, politics, Senate, Susan Collins, United States, women in politics

She is one of the most popular politicians in the nation. She is described as “one of the last survivors

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Budget Reconciliation for Dummies (and Why You Should Care!)

November 21, 2017November 24, 2017 Stephen Ward 0 Comments budget, congress, reconciliation, things you might not know

It has been a great year for lovers of high-stakes political drama. The U.S. Senate in particular, where Republicans have

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Face Off: War in Iraq – To Leave for Good, Stay for Now

November 16, 2017March 14, 2018 Stephen Ward 0 Comments foreign policy, intervention, Iraq, ISIS, military, politics, war

This article is part of a Face Off series. The opposing article, “Fly, you fools! U.S. Policy in Iraq,” can

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Pardon me, are you The Swamp?

October 20, 2017 Stephen Ward 0 Comments career politicians, policy, politics, the swamp, trumpisms, washington

Following a boisterous campaign that frequently phrased its policy objectives as three-word-long slogans and hashtags, the Trump Administration has had

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Hurricanes–Where are they now?

October 4, 2017November 24, 2017 Stephen Ward 0 Comments disaster relief, FEMA, florida, Harvey, hurricane, Irma, maria, puerto rico, texas, things you might not know

A casual viewer of the Weather Channel could be forgiven for thinking that the past few months have signaled the