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American Nativism and Exclusion: The Rise and Fall of the Immigration Restriction League, 1894-1921
(Georgetown University, 2013)
In the 1890s, a political movement was slowly gathering steam in the United States to restrict immigration qualitatively, via literacy tests, and quantitatively, through restrictive federal legislation. Leading the charge ...
DELIVERING UNPALATABLE TRUTHS: LESSONS LEARNED FROM ALEXANDER HAMILTON AND THE JAY TREATY DEBATE
(Georgetown University, 2013)
Alexander Hamilton believed that political leaders should address the public with candor and confront them with unpalatable truths when passion led them to favor policies that betrayed their true interest. Hamilton's role ...
BITING THE APPLE: FOOD, POLICY, AND SIN IN THE UNITED STATES
(Georgetown University, 2011)
BITING THE APPLE: FOOD, POLICY, AND SIN IN THE UNITED STATES
MODERN REPUBLICANISM AND THE AMERICAN POLITICAL SYSTEM
(Georgetown University, 2016)
MODERN REPUBLICANISM AND THE AMERICAN POLITICAL SYSTEM
PROTECTIVE PRONOUNCEMENTS: HOW SIGNING STATEMENTS HAVE UPHELD THE CONSTITUTION & WHY THE FRAMERS WOULD AGREE
(Georgetown University, 2013)
Although presidential signing statements have been used since the days of the Monroe Administration, they have received very little attention of the political science world. However, the last two presidential administrations ...