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The appointment process is significant because Supreme Court justices serve for life, and that means presidents rarely have the opportunity to make their mark through the appointments process. Barack Obam...

WTO (originally the GATT), is an organisation, set up during the Bretton Woods Conference of August 1944, that attempts to liberalise world trade and prevent a slide to protectionism that was seen during ...

The Electoral College (EC) is a constitutional mechanism, better described as a process. It is used to elect the President and Vice-President. The EC was introduced as a compromise betwee...

In their policies, new liberals and social democrats might seem similar, and they certainly do cross over, such as in the 'third way' politics of Clinton and Blair. The difference, however lies in the rea...

Firstly, liberals take an optimistic view of human nature in relation to the state. It is a school of thought which advocates peaceful co-operation and 'soft' forms of power rather than military resources...