Author / Connor Warshauer
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The Case Against Court Packing
In two consecutive debates, a member of the Biden-Harris ticket has refused to forswear packing the court. Their waffling seems to be about as moderate a position on the issue left to be found in the Democratic party. Senators Ed Markey of Massachusetts and Mazie Hirono of Hawaii have both actively called for Democrats to…
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A Plan for the Worst
COVID-19 has already uprooted Wash U’s 2020 Spring Semester, with in-person classes canceled for the remainder of the semester and most students sent home. Wash U has also shifted Summer classes online, and grim as it may seem, administrators and students should begin planning for the possibility that the pandemic may continue to pose an…
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A Resolution Against Genuine Resolve
In the game of nuclear deterrence, holds a position of particular importance. A nation’s ability to convince other nations of its willingness to use its arsenal forms the bedrock of instilling a mutually assured destruction mentality in its foes. Resolve can accurately be considered a necessary tool in achieving this objective; demonstrating resolution to use…
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Amending The Amendment Process
Under Article V of the Constitution, two thirds of both the House and the Senate must approve of any potential Constitutional Amendment. If both houses approve, the amendment is sent to each of the fifty states and becomes law only if three quarters of the states vote to ratify it. The system creates daunting barriers…
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Why All Drugs Should Be Legal
A woman stands on a street corner and takes out a small cylinder of a drug rolled in paper. A policeman walks by and glances over. Could this woman be in trouble? Well, that depends on whether or not the drug has been repeatedly proven to cause lung cancer, even to second-hand users. If so,…
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The Case For the Trustee Model of Representation
The Trump era has created a new dilemma for Republican congresspersons, now forced to reconcile the preferences of their base with their potentially contradictory personal beliefs. This highlights an under-examined question in political theory. Namely, what should democratically-elected representatives do when their own moral compass points North, while their constituents’ points South? Can representatives ever…
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A New Solution to a New Kind of Gang Violence
On January 24, 2017, just four days after taking office, President Donald Trump tweeted, “if Chicago doesn’t fix the horrible ‘carnage’ going on, 228 shootings in 2017 with 42 killings (up 24% from 2016), I will send in the Feds!” His rash instinct to resolve violence in Chicago with federal troops represents a dangerous misunderstanding…
