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The Supreme Court is Not Supposed to Have This Much Power

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By Nikolas Bowie & Daphna Renan The Atlantic It’s June again—that time of year when Americans wake up each morning and wait for the Supreme Court to resolve our deepest political […]

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LAW

Arming Icebreakers

31 August 2017by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Andreas Kuersten RealClearDefense Icebreakers ply polar waters, smashing open sea lanes with their heavily armored bows.  Yet in addition to being equipped to do battle with the elements, should […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

Gerrymandering is Illegal, But Only Mathematicians can Prove It

17 April 2017by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Erica Klarreich Wired Partisan gerrymandering—the practice of drawing voting districts to give one political party an unfair edge—is one of the few political issues that voters of all stripes find […]

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The Hollowness of the Arguments of the FCC and FTC Chairmen Regarding Internet Consumer Privacy

7 April 2017by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Andreas Kuersten Jurist Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Ajit Pai and Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Maureen Ohlhausen begin their recent op-ed (a bull-headed defense […]

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LAW

The CIA Turns on the Senate Over Torture Report

14 September 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Spencer Ackerman The Guardian It was 11pm, in the chill of January, but Daniel Jones needed a run around the Capitol. During the winter of early 2014 Jones’s only […]

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LAW, NATIONAL SECURITY

Changing the Conversation About Government Regulation

11 May 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Daniel Carpenter Washington Monthly It’s late, and we’re tired. In the last year of the Obama presidency, a certain fatigue has set in to domestic policy debates, especially over […]

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LAW

The Battle for Land Rights in the American West

25 April 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Christopher Solomon Outside The American West is our handsome conundrum—too beautiful to use, too useful to be left alone, as a Colorado journalist once put it. In the past, […]

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LAW

Why Can’t America Build an Icebreaker?

7 January 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Andreas Kuersten The Arctic Journal The United States is one of five countries with an Arctic coastline and continental shelf. As such, it is both burdened with direct responsibility […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

Using Financial Sticks to Control Iran

28 August 2015by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Juan Zarate & Chip Poncy The Washington Post As Congress considers the Iranian nuclear deal, it should also prepare a strategy to use U.S. financial and economic power aggressively […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

Congress Seeks to Quash Patent Trolls

22 May 2015by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Heidi Ledford Nature Predatory ‘patent trolls’ could soon find it harder to operate in the United States. Legislation to curb frivolous patent lawsuits has regained momentum after lawmakers in […]

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