Jeffrey’s Substack
Jeffrey R Orenstein, Ph.D.Written by a political scientist, this readable and well-researched blog features articles explaining the intricacies of American Democracy and exploring actionable answers to the threats facing it...because. democracy doesn't defend itself.
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| Issues | 53 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 7 days ago |
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How to Read a Supreme Court Decision Like a Political Scientist
We are entering what the political press corps traditionally calls the “silly season”—that high-stakes, frantic window before summer recess when the U.S. Supreme Court releases its final and biggest rulings of the term. Within minutes of a...
Becoming A First Responders for Democracy
When we hear the phrase “first responders,” we naturally visualize the brave and superbly-prepared individuals who rush toward physical danger; the firefighters, paramedics and law enforcement officers who respond to a crisis and do their u...
The Initiative and Referendum
The initiative and referendum were born from genuine democratic frustration. In the Progressive Era of the early twentieth century, state legislatures were widely corrupt, captured by railroad interests, machine politicians and corporate lo...
Federalism: The Fight For Local Power
Americans worried about the concentration of power tend to look toward Washington, toward the presidency, toward federal agencies. Clearly, their concern is valid. But there is another power struggle happening closer to home, with less medi...
The Administrative State and Democracy
There is a standard civics account of how American law gets made. Congress debates, votes, and passes a statute. The president signs it. Citizens live under it. The story is clean, democratic and largely fictional.
The reality is that most...
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I am a retired political scientist and author. I am the founder and chairman emeritus of First Responders for Democracy, a 501c3 organization promoting American civic literacy.
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