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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Shirola: Schumer’s attack on Supreme Court is dangerous to democracy

Shirola: Schumer’s attack on Supreme Court is dangerous to democracy

March 6, 2020

Pro-choice advocates were rallying outside the Supreme Court on Wednesday as the justices were hearing oral arguments over a 2014 Louisiana abortion law that requires doctors performing abortions to hold...

Garcia: “It’s the courts, stupid”: Why McConnell and Senate Republicans must be defeated in 2020

Garcia: “It’s the courts, stupid”: Why McConnell and Senate Republicans must be defeated in 2020

February 2, 2020

“Walter, you know how to deal with a bully, right? With a two-by-four, that’s how. Bullies usually can’t be reasoned with.” That’s what a friend once told me, and though I hadn’t thought of...

Bright: States should not have bicameral legislatures

Bright: States should not have bicameral legislatures

January 21, 2020

This is the second column in “Democracy Do-Over,” a weekly series exploring and making the case for improvements in how we elect public servants and ensure effective representation by all levels of...

Gutierrez: The First Amendment is misrepresented

Gutierrez: The First Amendment is misrepresented

November 8, 2019

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to...

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Buchaniec: Laws should match our present, not our history

May 15, 2019

In a letter to James Madison, Thomas Jefferson said that he believed the Constitution ought to have a deadline — 19 years, to be exact. At the time Jefferson’s letter was penned, a generational...

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