Questions tagged [united-states]
Questions relating to the government or the politics of the United States of America
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Does running a presidential campaign not distract incumbent POTUS from the job?
It seems to me that every US president who spends the last year of his presidency campaigning to be re-elected must have much less time to do the current job.
Has the extent to which it is true ever ...
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Can the democratic party kick Biden without his consent and replace him? [duplicate]
Can the democratic party kick Biden without his consent and replace him? Some people are discussing whether Biden should step down so that the Democrats have a higher chance of winning the election, ...
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If Biden steps back or is replaced, until when must he do it?
If Biden steps down, his candidate successor will have a hard time, as being lesser known. (S)he will need time to "build up". That is clearly a disadvantage, and probably it is the strong ...
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Presumed Immunity and Unquestioned Motivations
I’ve been trying to understand the ramifications of the recent US Supreme Court ruling. As I understand it…
Core Constitutional duties have absolute immunity
Official acts have presumed immunity (...
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Why is the racial health inequality so different in Arkansas particularly wrt Native Americans?
The Commonwealth Fund Scorecard on State Health System Performance rate many metrics for the health system across the US states. One such metric is what rates of preventable death members of ...
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Is there a Comprehensive US Election Candidate Dataset?
I'm trying to find a dataset for every single candidate contesting for any form of election (federal, state, local) in the US for the past 3-4 years for a political video ad classification project. ...
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Mean period of time between NPRM Comment period ending and final rule publication?
For Federal agency rulemaking in the United States the process consists of:
Proposed Rule is Drafted,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking is published, comment period begins (typically 30-60 days),
Public ...
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Can the US president legally kill at will?
Following the ruling by SCOTUS in Trump v. United States (2024) that Presidents enjoy absolute immunity for their exclusive powers and presumptive immunity for their remaining official acts, I have ...
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Questions about mail-in ballot
I would like to learn more about how mail-in ballots prevent fraud. This is in United States.
If I receive a mail-in ballot, and sign my neighbor's name on it, and mail it back, what will happen? (...
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Has any Republican chapter denounced the Colorado GOP for its anti-pride flag tweet?
Has the national Party or any state chapter of the Republican Party denounced the Colorado GOP's tweet urging people to "burn all #pride flags"?
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How can persistently high US oil production be reconciled with goals to slow down global warming? [closed]
Global warming has accelerated in the last decade and even this year there were already quite some heat waves. For example over a thousand people died this year on the traditional pilgrimage to Mecca ...
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How can Joe Biden be removed as candidate for the election? [duplicate]
Just an hour into Thursday night’s presidential debate, Andrew Yang — a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate — called on Biden to step aside.
“Guys, the Dems should nominate someone else — before it’...
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What is Project 2025 and is it really a threat to U.S. democracy if Trump is elected? [closed]
Project 2025 is, as Wikipedia describes it,
a collection of conservative policy proposals from The Heritage Foundation to reshape the United States federal government in the event of a Republican ...
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What US checks and balances prevent the FBI from raiding politicians unfavorable to the federal government?
The recent news about Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao getting raided by the FBI has sort of raised this question for me. Obviously there’s a lot to speculate about here. But in general I would like to ...
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What do those who think GK-like estimates of DGUs are an overestimate think is going on in GK-like studies? Telescoping? Mistaking dreams for reality?
The study that started the modern academic discussion about gun control is the famous 1995 Garry Kleck study. It was a telephone survey that interviewed 5'000 arbitrarily chosen people and estimated ...
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