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Elon Musk suggests support for replacing democracy with government of ‘high-status males’

The theory suggests that the only people able to think freely are ‘high [testostrone] alpha males’ and ‘aneurotypical people’

The Independent UK

People on Elon Musk’s X in Brazil face fines greater than annual wage

Musk’s feud with Brazil has become a global flash point in the debate around how far governments can go to police protected free speech in a democracy.

Fortune

Success of far-right AfD shows east and west Germany are drifting further apart

Likely win in Thuringia and second place in Saxony highlight how eastern voters are asserting their own political identity

The Guardian - UK

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Erwin Chemerinsky on the need for a new US constitution: ‘Our democracy is at grave risk’

In his new book, the eminent law professor points to a source of growing disunion – the constitution itself

The Guardian - US

How Kamala can fight SCOTUS — and win

Sure, expanding the Supreme Court would help — but limiting its powers is even more important

Salon

I’m committing $30 million to reforming the Supreme Court. It’s a small price to pay to protect our democracy

Supreme Court justices should get term limits and an enforceable standard of ethics requiring recusal in conflicts of interest.

Fortune

Harris takes on media's double standard

But it hasn't ended: Almost immediately after her first interview, there were calls for a press conference

Salon

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Sudan is the world’s worst modern war – what has happened and what it’ll take to rebuild

Sudan’s war has been raging since April 2023. The country was on a bumpy road to democracy after mass uprisings in 2019 ousted long-time dictator Omar al-Bashir. This all came to a halt when troops from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary force, attacked a military airstrip in the…

The Conversation

Everything new on Paramount Plus in September 2024

Paramount Plus' September schedule features a multitude of genres spanning decades of cinema. Here's everything new in September 2024.

TechRadar

France’s voters have rejected Macron. Why is he still trying to dictate who governs us?

The president’s refusal to appoint a new PM from the left displays breathtaking arrogance – and undermines our democracy, says Guardian Europe columnist Rokhaya Diallo

The Guardian - UK

My Forthcoming Article "A Lost Opportunity to Protect Democracy Against Itself: What the Supreme Court Got Wrong in Trump v. Anderson"

The forthcoming Cato Supreme Court Review article is now available on SSRN. It critiques the Supreme Court's decision in the Trump Section 3 disqualification case.

Reason

Tunisian President Saied: ‘A populist criticising representative democracy’ standing for re-election

Tunisian President Kais Saied is standing for a second term in an election set for October 6. Accused of authoritarianism by the opposition, the incumbent is maintaining an iron grip on the country’s political life, which has seen arrests of potential candidates and the recent replacement of 19 ministers. FRANCE…

France 24

How the 14th Amendment prevents state legislatures from subverting popular presidential elections

Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election not only failed, but some of them also rested on a misreading of the U.S. Constitution, as our new analysis argues. The relevant constitutional provision dates back to just after the Civil War, and contemporaries recognized it as…

The Conversation

‘A test case for German democracy’: populists ride high before state elections

Political landscape faces upheaval as far-right AfD and left-conservative BSW expected to perform strongly

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Trump's litmus test for MAGA Christians

Bradley Onishi, expert on Christian nationalism, explains Trumpism has supplanted traditional Christian orthodoxy

Latin Times

From abortion to democracy, these are the issues where more Latinos support Harris and Trump

As the elections quickly approach, Latinos seem to be siding with Harris on most key issues, but Trump has room to erode that margin and leads in some key ones

Top News

Mexico's President Halts Diplomatic Relations With US And Canada

Mexico's President López Obrador's proposal to elect judges by popular vote sparks diplomatic tensions with US and Canada over concerns about democracy and...

The Independent UK

Hong Kong democracy activist defiant during landmark trial: ‘No one wants to be ruled by totalitarian regime’

Ng Kin-wai tells court that he ‘will not apologise for the beliefs and values he shares with his voters’

The Conversation

An unseen problem with the Electoral College – it tells bad guys where to target their efforts

Over the past four years, Congress and state governments have worked hard to prevent the aftermath of the 2024 election from descending into the chaos and threats to democracy that occurred around the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

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