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PDF-Courtney Davis October Surprise Case
The Ethics of Social Media Decision Making on Handling the New York Post “October Surprise” How can media institutions facilitate the free flow of information and promote the truth during an election cycle shrouded in misinformation? In October 2020, the New York Post published an article carrying allegations that Joe Biden’s son leveraged his father’s political position for personal gain. Social media firms’, particularly Facebook and Twitter’s handling (i.e. content moderation) of this news story came under intense scrutiny. [This is a downloadable version of a case for use in guided discussions and classrooms. View this case online.] This ethics case features two parts: 1. A recap of what the platforms did with the New York Post’s “October Surprise” and the related ethical questions for discussion. 2. Supplementary moral analysis from the author. After the questions in part 1 are discussed in a group/class setting, part 2 can be given out for reading and further discussion. Part I: What happened At 5:00 am EST on October 14th, the New York Post (NY Post) published an article that many politicians and news analysts would soon qualify as this election’s October surprise. In politics, October surprise refers to any newsworthy event—planned or unplanned—that has the potential to impact the outcome of the election. The Post article, “Smoking-gun email reveals how Hunter Biden introduced Ukranian Businessman to VP dad,” contains claims more captivating than even the title suggests. Citing the content of a recovered hard drive, the article alleges that Joe Biden’s son leveraged his father’s political position for personal gain. -
Toward a More Democratic Congress?
TOWARD A MORE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS? OUR IMPERFECT DEMOCRATIC CONSTITUTION: THE CRITICS EXAMINED STEPHEN MACEDO* INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................... 609 I. SENATE MALAPPORTIONMENT AND POLITICAL EQUALITY................. 611 II. IN DEFENSE OF THE SENATE................................................................ 618 III. CONSENT AS A DEMOCRATIC VIRTUE ................................................. 620 IV. REDISTRICTING AND THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE REFORM? ................ 620 V. THE PROBLEM OF GRIDLOCK, MINORITY VETOES, AND STATUS- QUO BIAS: UNCLOGGING THE CHANNELS OF POLITICAL CHANGE?.... 622 CONCLUSION................................................................................................... 627 INTRODUCTION There is much to admire in the work of those recent scholars of constitutional reform – including Sanford Levinson, Larry Sabato, and prior to them, Robert Dahl – who propose to reinvigorate our democracy by “correcting” and “revitalizing” our Constitution. They are right to warn that “Constitution worship” should not supplant critical thinking and sober assessment. There is no doubt that our 220-year-old founding charter – itself the product of compromise and consensus, and not only scholarly musing – could be improved upon. Dahl points out that in 1787, “[h]istory had produced no truly relevant models of representative government on the scale the United States had already attained, not to mention the scale it would reach in years to come.”1 Political science has since progressed; as Dahl also observes, none of us “would hire an electrician equipped only with Franklin’s knowledge to do our wiring.”2 But our political plumbing is just as archaic. I, too, have participated in efforts to assess the state of our democracy, and co-authored a work that offers recommendations, some of which overlap with * Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Politics and the University Center for Human Values; Director of the University Center for Human Values, Princeton University. -
Selling Cannabis Regulation: Learning from Ballot Initiatives in the United States in 2012
ISSN 2054-1910 Selling cannabis regulation: Learning From Ballot Initiatives in the United States in 2012 Emily Crick*, Mark Cooke¥ and Dave Bewley-Taylorp Policy Brief 6 | November 2014 Key Points • In November 2012, Washington, Colorado, and Oregon voted on ballot initiatives to establish legally regulated markets for the production, sale, use and taxation of cannabis.1 Washington and Colorado’s measures won by wide margins, while Oregon’s lost soundly. • A majority of voters view cannabis in a negative light, but also feel that prohibition for non-medical and non-scientific purposes is not working. As a result, they are more likely to support well-crafted reform policies that include strong regulations and direct tax revenue to worthy causes such as public health and education. • Ballot measures are not the ideal method for passing complicated pieces of legislation, but sometimes they are necessary for controversial issues. Other states often follow in their footsteps, including via the legislature. • The successful campaigns in Washington and Colorado relied on poll-driven messaging, were well organised, and had significant financing. The Oregon campaign lacked these elements. • The Washington and Colorado campaigns targeted key demographic groups, particularly 30-50 year old women, who were likely to be initially supportive of reform but then switch their allegiance to the ‘no’ vote. • Two key messages in Washington and Colorado were that legalisation, taxation and regulation will (i) free up scarce law enforcement resources to focus on more serious crimes and (ii) will create new tax revenue for worthy causes. • National attitudes on legalising cannabis are changing, with more and more people supporting reform. -
Why the People Are So Damn Angry New Economic Realities Putting the ‘American Dream’ out of Reach of the Middle Class by BRIAN A
V21, 39 Thursday, June 9, 2016 Why the people are so damn angry New economic realities putting the ‘American Dream’ out of reach of the middle class By BRIAN A. HOWEY MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. – Ameri- cans and Hoosiers are angry. They are seeking political retribution. They are finding Republican presidential nomi- nee Donald Trump as the answer. But the critical question that has remained largely unanswered is why? Why are We the People so pissed off? Appearing at two events in Angry Donald Trump supporters confront U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz in Marion on the eve of the Elkhart last week, President Barack Indiana primary on May 2 Obama laid out the template for the doesn’t always yield the wisest decision making. sizzling anger that is fueling one of the most unpredict- At the Lerner Theater in Elkhart, PBS moderator able political climates in modern times. And Prof. Robert J. Gwen Ifill listened as Obama made what Howey Politics In- Gordon of Northwestern University, a macroeconomist and diana called an “economic victory lap,” where the president economic historian, supplies an array of data that helps reminded the Republican-dominated county that the 20% understand why the political decisions of 2016 are almost Continued on page 4 certainly being framed in the context of an emotion which Party of Lincoln stained By BRIAN A. HOWEY INDIANAPOLIS – On May 17, 1860, the Repub- lican convention campaign team of native son Abraham Lincoln met with the Indiana and Pennsylvania delega- tions in Chicago. What emerged hours later was that the Hoosier delegation would vote “Oh, look at my African-Ameri- as a solid bloc for the president who would go on to become the can over here. -
Time for a Reset? U.S.-China Relations During the Biden Administration
Time for a Reset? U.S.-China Relations during the Biden Administration January 11, 2021 Zoom Webinar The Miller Center is pleased to have partnered with the Center for American Studies at Fudan University in Shanghai to produce this symposium on the prospects for U.S.-China relations as the Biden administration takes office in Washington. This hybrid event was broadcast in front of a live audience at Fudan University and a virtual audience in the United States and around the world. The recording is available for later viewing on the Miller Center YouTube channel here and event page here, as well as in China. This program is co-sponsored by UVA Global and the UVA Center for Politics. Summary Have major recent developments in China and the United States raised the possibility that the U.S.-China relationship, which has become increasingly strained over the last 10 years, might now move in new and more positive directions? The first panel discusses the November 2020 elections in the United States, providing an analysis of the election campaigns, the electoral process, the outcomes of the elections, and the transition from the Trump Administration to the Biden Administration. It then examines the Fifth Plenum of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee in October, which discussed the foreign and domestic economic policies underlying China’s new five-year plan that will begin in 2021. The second panel analyzes the implications of these events for Chinese policy toward the U.S. and American policy toward China, assessing the prospects for both change and continuity. -
GPO-CRECB-1992-Pt3-2.Pdf
February 24, 1992 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 8159 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-Monday, February 24, 1992 The House met at 12 noon. But I think it also goes back to some PROGRAM The Chaplain, Rev. James David of the legislation passed in this body Opening: Arnold Goldstein, Superintend Ford, D.D., offered the following pray and the other body on title IX and ent, National Capital Parks-Central, Na er: some of the efforts that we have made tional Park Service. Presentation of the Colors: Joint Armed Teach us in all our ways, 0 God, to to make sure that Federal money is Services Color Guard, Military District of look upon others with the respect and spent equally on men and women ath Washington. honor that is due every person. We letes in the various programs that are "The National Anthem" : U.S. Air Force admit our disagreements and conflicts, sanctioned at the college level. Band, Chief Master Sgt. Alan Sine, Director. our disputes and quarrels, and yet we Mr. Speaker, certainly we want to Welcome by the Master of Ceremonies: Ar acknowledge You as the Creator and give tribute to our Olympic women and nold Goldstein, Superintendent, National Judge of the whole human family, a to all of the young Bonnie Blairs and Capital Parks-Central, National Park Serv ice. family bound together by Your gift of Kristi Yamaguchis who watched these Remarks: Honorable Russell E. Train, life and Your sustaining spirit. May Olympics and will be our Olympians in First Vice President, Washington National the spirit of tolerance mark our voices future years. -
Orchestrating Public Opinion
Paul ChristiansenPaul Orchestrating Public Opinion Paul Christiansen Orchestrating Public Opinion How Music Persuades in Television Political Ads for US Presidential Campaigns, 1952-2016 Orchestrating Public Opinion Orchestrating Public Opinion How Music Persuades in Television Political Ads for US Presidential Campaigns, 1952-2016 Paul Christiansen Amsterdam University Press Cover design: Coördesign, Leiden Lay-out: Crius Group, Hulshout Amsterdam University Press English-language titles are distributed in the US and Canada by the University of Chicago Press. isbn 978 94 6298 188 1 e-isbn 978 90 4853 167 7 doi 10.5117/9789462981881 nur 670 © P. Christiansen / Amsterdam University Press B.V., Amsterdam 2018 All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this book may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the written permission of both the copyright owner and the author of the book. Every effort has been made to obtain permission to use all copyrighted illustrations reproduced in this book. Nonetheless, whosoever believes to have rights to this material is advised to contact the publisher. Table of Contents Acknowledgments 7 Introduction 10 1. The Age of Innocence: 1952 31 2. Still Liking Ike: 1956 42 3. The New Frontier: 1960 47 4. Daisies for Peace: 1964 56 5. This Time Vote Like Your Whole World Depended On It: 1968 63 6. Nixon Now! 1972 73 7. A Leader, For a Change: 1976 90 8. The Ayatollah Casts a Vote: 1980 95 9. Morning in America: 1984 101 10. -
In the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Case 1:18-cv-03501-JGK Document 216 Filed 01/17/19 Page 1 of 111 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE, ) Civil Action No. 1:18-cv-03501 ) JURY DEMAND Plaintiff, ) ) SECOND AMENDED v. ) COMPLAINT ) COMPUTER FRAUD AND ABUSE THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION; ) ACT (18 U.S.C. § 1030(a)) ARAS ISKENEROVICH AGALAROV; ) RICO (18 U.S.C. § 1962(c)) EMIN ARAZ AGALAROV; ) ) RICO CONSPIRACY (18 U.S.C. JOSEPH MIFSUD; ) § 1962(d)) WIKILEAKS; ) WIRETAP ACT (18 U.S.C. JULIAN ASSANGE; ) §§ 2510-22) DONALD J. TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT, INC.; ) ) STORED COMMUNICATIONS DONALD J. TRUMP, JR.; ) ACT (18 U.S.C. §§ 2701-12) PAUL J. MANAFORT, JR.; ) DIGITAL MILLENNIUM ROGER J. STONE, JR.; ) COPYRIGHT ACT (17 U.S.C. ) JARED C. KUSHNER; § 1201 et seq.) GEORGE PAPADOPOULOS; ) ) MISAPPROPRIATION OF TRADE RICHARD W. GATES, III; ) SECRETS UNDER THE DEFEND ) TRADE SECRETS ACT (18 U.S.C. Defendants. ) § 1831 et seq.) ) INFLUENCING OR INJURING ) OFFICER OR JUROR GENERALLY ) (18 U.S.C. § 1503) ) ) TAMPERING WITH A WITNESS, ) VICTIM, OR AN INFORMANT (18 ) U.S.C. § 1512) ) WASHINGTON D.C. UNIFORM ) TRADE SECRETS ACT (D.C. Code ) Ann. §§ 36-401 – 46-410) ) ) TRESPASS (D.C. Common Law) ) CONVERSION (D.C. Common Law) ) TRESPASS TO CHATTELS ) (Virginia Common Law) ) ) ) Case 1:18-cv-03501-JGK Document 216 Filed 01/17/19 Page 2 of 111 CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT TRESPASS TO CHATTELS (Virginia Common Law) CONVERSION (Virginia Common Law) VIRGINIA COMPUTER CRIMES ACT (Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-152.5 et seq.) 2 Case 1:18-cv-03501-JGK Document 216 Filed 01/17/19 Page 3 of 111 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page NATURE OF ACTION ................................................................................................................. -
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million in in-kind contributions in the form of coordinated expenditures in violation of the Federal Election Campaign Act (“FECA”), 52 U.S.C. § 30101, et seq., and Commission regulations. 2. Specifically, based on published reports, there is reason to believe that Correct the Record has made in-kind contributions to the Clinton campaign from its non-contribution account, in violation of the committee’s sworn statements to the Commission that it would not make contributions to a candidate committee from its non-contribution account,2 in excess of FECA’s $2,700 limit on contributions by a non-multicandidate political committee to a candidate, 52 U.S.C. § 30116(a)(1), in violation of FECA’s prohibition on contributions to a candidate using union and corporate funds, 52 U.S.C. § 30118(a) and (b)(2), and in violation of FECA’s requirement that political committees report and disclose all contributions made to candidates, 52 U.S.C. § 30104(b). 3. Additionally, based on published reports and public statements from Correct the Record officials, there is reason to believe Hillary for America accepted in-kind contributions from Correct the Record in the form of coordinated expenditures and compensation for personal services in excess of FECA’s $2,700 limit, 52 U.S.C § 30116(a)(1); in violation of FECA’s prohibition on contributions to a candidate using union and corporate funds, 52 U.S.C. § 30118(a) and (b)(2); and additionally failed to report those in-kind contributions in violation of FECA’s requirement that candidates report and disclose all contributions received from political committees, 52 U.S.C. -
Has the Obama Presidency Vitiated The
University of Connecticut OpenCommons@UConn Connecticut Law Review School of Law 2011 Has the Obama Presidency Vitiated the Dysfunctional Constitution Thesis Is Our Constitutional Order Broken - Structural and Doctrinal Questions in Constitutional Law: Keynote Address Sanford Levinson Follow this and additional works at: https://opencommons.uconn.edu/law_review Recommended Citation Levinson, Sanford, "Has the Obama Presidency Vitiated the Dysfunctional Constitution Thesis Is Our Constitutional Order Broken - Structural and Doctrinal Questions in Constitutional Law: Keynote Address" (2011). Connecticut Law Review. 105. https://opencommons.uconn.edu/law_review/105 Has the Obama Presidency Vitiated the “Dysfunctional Constitution” Thesis? SANFORD LEVINSON* The title I was given by the organizers of this symposium, and very happily accepted, was: “Has the Obama Presidency Vitiated the ‘Dysfunctional Constitution’ Thesis?” I presume I was invited because I did indeed publish a book in 2006 called Our Undemocratic Constitution: Where the Constitution Goes Wrong (And How We the People Can Correct It). It would be disingenuous to deny that some of my arguments were motivated by my particular unhappiness with the presidency of George W. Bush, so an obvious question is the extent to which my sometimes caustic criticisms of the Constitution would survive the 2008 election, which not only saw Barack Obama replace Bush, but also provided him with a Democratic House of Representatives and Senate. Before proceeding to the full-scale answer to the above question, I think it is relevant to tell you an interesting story about the title of my book. The initial title that I sent to my editor at the Oxford University Press was Our Broken Constitution. -
Vote Early and Avoid the Crush There’S No Need to Wait an Entire Month to Vote Required by Virginia State Law
Vol. 41, No 10 www.arlingtondemocrats.org October 2016 Vote early and avoid the crush There’s no need to wait an entire month to vote required by Virginia state law. for Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine. You can cast The application form takes 30 seconds to fill your vote right now. And ACDC urges everyone to out and then you vote by filling in a paper ballot— cast your ballot early. just like in the olden days of the 20th Century!—but First of all, it’s convenient because you pick then inserting the paper ballot into one of the the day. And you avoid the huge lines that are seen county’s brand-new scanners that count the votes. every presidential year. But many miss voting on You can also vote by mail if you prefer—and Election Day because they have a crunch at the of- don’t forget any kids away at college. An applica- Yes, Virginia, we have fice, were called out of town or wake up ill. All tion for a mail-in ballot can be obtained on the found election fraud in that’s avoided by voting before Election Day. County webpage at: The technical term is “in-person absentee vot- http://vote.arlingtonva.us/absentee/absentee-voting- Virginia. It’s spread all ing,” but it just means voting in the weeks before ballot-application/ over Page Eight! actual Election Day. The three locations for voting early this year Voting is in the lobby of the County Building, are: 2100 Clarendon Blvd. And this year there are two • In the lobby of the County Building at Court- other locations, in north and south Arlington, to house Plaza, 2100 Clarendon Blvd. -
Discoverthe UNIVERSITY of VIRGINIA
DiscoverTHE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA TheCenterforPoliticsis a practical institution that bridges the gap between the ivory towers of academia and the real world, and in doing so, touches over a million lives each year. As such, the Center for Politics is committed to serious academic analysis as well as constructive ways to generate greater civic participation among the general public. We can’t reach hundreds of thousands of citizens all on our own; our staff of fifteen relies on the help of our wonderful U.Va. student interns, generous private donors, thousands of com- I know of no safe depository of mitted primary and secondary teachers involved with our Youth Leadership Initiative the ultimate powers of society across the nation, and interested citizens to make civic education and participation a but the people themselves, and vital part of our democracy. if we think them not enlight- Our inspiration comes from a likely source: Thomas Jefferson. His words guide our ened enough to exercise their mission because of his dedication to civic engagement and promotion of education as control with a wholesome dis- the key to building and sustaining good government. cretion, the remedy is not to In this brochure, you will see a small sample of people the Center for Politics is take it from them but to inform proud to be associated with. You will meet Christina Valencia, a fourth-year student their discretion. and superb Center intern; and Ken Stroupe, the Center’s chief of staff, who conducts Thomas Jefferson groundbreaking research on civic education. You’ll get to know some of our financial supporters, like J.