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Reeher weighs in on Pelosi's comments about impeachment in The Hill
"It’s a discussion between some of the Democrats who may have a better sense of strategic thinking about the election and the ones who think there are good reasons to be going forward with impeachment, [for whom] it’s the principle of the thing," says Grant Reeher, professor of political science and director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute.
Elizabeth Cohen discusses restrictionist immigration in The Atlantic
"It [undocumented immigration] was invented by legislators who wanted to close the border. And the vast, costly deportation apparatus that has been built as a result has created new problems, too," writes Elizabeth Cohen, associate professor of political science.
Faricy weighs in on Democratic tax proposals in Bloomberg
Democratic tax proposals are simply a "stealth attack" on the preferential rate for capital gains, says Christopher Faricy, associate professor of political science.
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