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    When judges draw Congressional districts, they often favor their own party

When judges draw Congressional districts, they often favor their own party

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In the United States, Congressional boundaries are drawn at the state level, either by the courts, independent commissions, or by the state legislatures themselves. While judge-drawn district lines have been shown to lead to more competitive elections, in new research, Jordan Carr Peterson finds that when they are drawn by Democratic judges, they often favor that party’s interests by […]

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    In the South, it’s not just state politicians who work against federal policies. It’s the bureaucrats too.

In the South, it’s not just state politicians who work against federal policies. It’s the bureaucrats too.

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The debate over states’ rights in the US is as old as the country itself. In the American South, many politicians still reject the federal government’s rules and regulations. In new research, Nicholas G. Napolio and Jordan Carr Peterson find that this resistance applies not only to well-publicized issues such as race relations and healthcare policies but also to […]

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