Elizabeth Freund Larus

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    The US faces significant health, political, and economic challenges in the lead up to the 2020 presidential election.

The US faces significant health, political, and economic challenges in the lead up to the 2020 presidential election.

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Millions of coronavirus infections and thousands of COVID-19 related deaths and an economic recession threaten US political stability. Elizabeth Freund Larus assesses the impact of the COVID-19 crisis, economic difficulties and the uncertainty of the 2020 elections on US political stability.

With more than 5 million confirmed infections and over 166,000 deaths, the United States leads the world in COVID-19 […]

August 18th, 2020|Elizabeth Freund Larus, Justice and Domestic Affairs|0 Comments|
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    The directions we can expect from the US 2020 Democratic presidential nomination race.

The directions we can expect from the US 2020 Democratic presidential nomination race.

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While impeachment is the talk of the town in Washington DC, we are only months away from the first presidential primary contests. Elizabeth Freund Larus and Scott W. Fischer write that, on the Democratic side, the current field is at a historically large 17 candidates, with two late entrants joining the field in recent weeks. They comment that the […]

December 11th, 2019|Elections and party politics across the US, Elizabeth Freund Larus, Scott Fischer|0 Comments|
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    The House is poised to impeach Donald Trump, but conviction in the Senate may be an uphill battle

The House is poised to impeach Donald Trump, but conviction in the Senate may be an uphill battle

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After months of build-up, at the end of October the US House voted to begin an impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump. Scott Fischer and Elizabeth Freund Larus give an overview of the impeachment process, as well as its history, dating back to the near-removal of President Andrew Johnson in 1868. They argue that Trump’s impeachment will likely most closely resemble […]

November 15th, 2019|Elections and party politics across the US, Elizabeth Freund Larus, Scott Fischer|0 Comments|
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