Criminal Justice Reform?
Many of us expected President Biden to discuss prospects for criminal justice reform, as my colleague Professor Nolan Bennet noted […]
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Afterthoughts: Ukraine and Dilemmas of Displacement
It’s understandable that so much attention during the State of the Union was devoted to discussing the war in Ukraine […]
Read moreWho’s Responding to Biden?
Since the 1960s, the opposing party has typically followed up the President’s State of the Union with their own response: […]
Read moreMissing Issues on Education
It was a quick reference, but somewhere around the middle of the speech tonight (before the pandemic and law enforcement […]
Read moreBiden Says Little of Historic Supreme Court Nomination
Biden’s incredibly brief mention of the U.S. Supreme Court and his nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson is curious. Her nomination […]
Read moreSocial and education spending highlighted
President Biden named several initiatives that could expand the social safety net and help reboot the American economy. In the […]
Read moreA Quick Pass on Immigration
A few minutes ago, Biden very quickly moved past immigration and referencing the “torch of liberty,” without offering much detail. […]
Read moreStates in the State of the Union
The President has highlighted a number of topics that have been at the forefront of state policy making lately (e.g., […]
Read moreSo Far, Not Much in the Way of Quotable Quotes
We knew going into tonight’s State of the Union that Biden originally planned to focus more on his domestic agenda, […]
Read moreA Focus on the Rustbelt and Manufacturing
Also relatively early in the President’s address is a focus on the “rustbelt” and manufacturing. This is probably not an […]
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