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Questions relating to the government or the politics of the United States of America
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Is the government just a utilities monopoly?
A democratically elected government is... elected. A privately owned corporation is owned and controlled by someone or a small group.
If a private company (absent a regulating government) wants to a …
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What is the importance of Andrew Brunson for the US government?
Andrew Brunson is not of special value to the US government, however he is an American citizen. An American citizen being held hostage by a foreign government. That is why he matters.
He is being u …
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What supposed dynamics within the US Green Party prevent its growth?
The underlying problem of the Green party is the same of all third parties in the US.
The 'first past the post' or winner-takes-all system means that voting for a candidate who you like, but is les …
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How are states supposed to protect themselves when the National Guard is under the federal g...
TL:DR; Some states still do have militias.
Realistically, in the modern era the U.S. states are not expected to require defense from the federal government, nor would such a defense seem possible if …
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Why is there a need to prevent a racist, sexist, or otherwise bigoted vendor from discrimina...
Lets take an example.
A minority family is traveling across the country. They start to run out of gas near a small town. Neither of the gas stations in town will sell them gas. The local hotel won …
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Is there a legal way for US presidents to extend their terms beyond two terms of four years?
The short answer is no. The longer answer is that this framing isn't particularly helpful.
There are a number of overlapping factors that prevent the president from legally suspending elections like …
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Is there evidence for Col. Vindman being a "Never Trumper" at the time of his testimony?
This comment is coming from the same President who called lifelong Republican Robert Mueller "a Democrat" for investigating him.
He doesn't use these words to mean what they mean. He consistently use …
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Evidence of Democratic-Republican Party Realignment Circa 1950?
Links to some scholarly analysis on the topic at the bottom
The first thing to understand when addressing this topic is that our political parties are not monolithic organizations with a single set o …
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