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Vanderbilt Political Review

Vanderbilt's First and Only Nonpartisan Political Journal

Vanderbilt Political Review

Vanderbilt's First and Only Nonpartisan Political Journal

Vanderbilt Political Review

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In Defense of the UN

Caleb Anderson, Senior Editor October 4, 2025

Last week, US President Donald Trump’s inflammatory address at the United Nations General Assembly made headlines. In his remarks, he lambasted the organization as full of “empty letters and empty...

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Nashville’s Vanishing Voters: The 3% Problem

Roscoe Heuer, Contributor October 1, 2025

On September 26, 2025, the Davidson County Election Commission released early voting data for the primary in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District special election. The number was shocking: only 4,098...

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Nepal’s 48-Hour Revolution: Gen Z Rewrites the Rules of Power

Aniruddh Marella and Karun Dhakal September 28, 2025

The last twelve months have been marked by political revolutions across the globe, from France, where the Prime Minister lost a vote of confidence, to Syria’s longstanding Assad regime falling in December...

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Judge Turns the Page on Library Shutdown Plan

Aniruddh Marella, Senior Editor September 25, 2025

On March 14th, 2025, President Trump enacted Executive Order (EO) 14238, calling for the “reduction in the elements of the Federal bureaucracy the President deemed unnecessary.” In this order, the...

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Trump Makes Headlines, Macron Makes History (of Failure)

Dina Ishak, Senior Editor September 23, 2025

Over the past year, Emmanuel Macron has worked to project France as a leader in Europe and a formidable presence on the global stage. From his Southeast Asian tour, to his daily calls with the Ukrainian...

CECOT, the maximum security prison in El Salvador in which Kilmar Ábrego García was kept.

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Opinion: Kilmar Ábrego García and Trump’s Big Lie about Immigration

Caleb Anderson, Senior Editor September 15, 2025

Imagine: you grow up in a simple neighborhood in El Salvador, working for your family’s pupusería. Suddenly, a dangerous gang is demanding money from your grandmother for protection, or they will conscript...

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Justice is (Color) Blind: Louisiana’s Radical Case to Erase Race from Redistricting

Aniruddh Marella, Senior Editor September 12, 2025

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was a landmark victory of the Civil Rights Movement. Signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on August 6th, 1965, this bill was to counteract racist barriers that prevented...

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Obergefell on Trial Again: The Trojan Horse of Religious Liberty

Aniruddh Marella, Senior Editor September 2, 2025

On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court issued a decision that transformed marriage law across the United States. In a 5-4 majority opinion by Justice Anthony Kennedy, the court ruled that states, under the...

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Opinion: The Human Cost of NIH Funding Cuts

Arya Germanwala, Senior Editor April 22, 2025

In recent months, the new administration has jeopardized one of the nation's most crucial scientific institutions: The National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NIH is currently the world's largest public...

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Opinion: Beyond the Bench: How Trump’s Justices Are Reshaping the Supreme Court

Shunnar Virani, Senior Editor April 17, 2025

President Trump’s first term was crucial for establishing a conservative majority on the Supreme Court for decades to come. With a Republican majority in the Senate, Trump was easily able to install...

Opinion: Talk Less, Smile More: The New Democratic Strategy

Opinion: Talk Less, Smile More: The New Democratic Strategy

Adam Hosein, Senior Editor April 13, 2025

To call the second Trump administration thus far a whirlwind would drastically understate the magnitude of the past few months on the federal government’s structure. Chaos has permeated Washington, D.C....

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Opinion: Honeymoon’s Over: Special Elections Hint at GOP Backlash

Shunnar Virani, Senior Editor April 2, 2025

On Tuesday, April 1, Florida held special elections to fill two U.S. House seats, and Wisconsin held an election for a seat on the state Supreme Court. In Florida’s first Congressional District, vacated...

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