Sentences with phrase «effect on democracy»

If implemented without a comprehensive, properly resourced, long - term strategy to preserve legislative information, these budget cuts and policy directions will have an irreversible effect on our democracy for years to come.

Not only is this unfair, but the inequity that comes about because of the division between safe seats and marginal seats also has a corrosive effect on democracy.

Beyond concerns of fairness, this division between safe seats and marginal seats has a corrosive effect on democracy.

«This increase is having a chilling effect on democracy in California.»

Facebook will give a committee of senior academics independent access to its data, allowing researchers to study the social network's effect on democracy and elections.

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This has had a corrosive effect on the quality of democracy,» the report found.

Zuckerberg claims the election research commission will be «independent» of Facebook and will define the research agenda, soliciting research on the effects of social media on elections and democracy

This inequitable situation translates into less opportunity and social mobility for everyone, and is having a corrosive effect on everything from health outcomes to social cohesion and the functioning of our democracy.

But egality (sic) has one effect in a democracy that Aristotle commented on.

The psychological effect from these pieces have had a terrible impact on the minds of those who are non-white, but not to mention the horrifying tales that democracy started with the Greeks and Romans.

While leading a week - long seminar on deep secularization and its effects in Europe (and on the democratic project throughout the world), I met younger Israeli scholars, deeply immersed in their Judaism and keen students of political philosophy, who were trying to articulate a Jewish theological rationale for human rights, democracy, the rule of law, and so forth.

The two great points of difference between a democracy and a republic are: first, the delegation of the government, in the latter, to a small number of citizens elected by the The effect of the first difference is, on the one hand, to refine and enlarge the public views, by passing them through the medium of a chosen body of citizens, whose wisdom may best discern the true interest of their country, and whose patriotism and love of justice will be least likely to sacrifice it to temporary or partial considerations.

A significant proportion of UK law is now derived from EU legislation, while devolution to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland has also had a profound effect on the development of democracy in the UK.

John Baron inquired what effect support for democracy would have on our autocratic allies in the region.

At 11 a.m., the Center for American Progress Action Fund will host a panel on how to implement solutions to tackle current threats to democracy, the influence of money in politics, and the effects of these issues on political participation at large, Rep. Steve Israel participates, 1333 H St. NW, 10th Floor, Washington, D.C.

We have seen opposition in the UK parliament from economic libertarians like Peter Lilley, who worry about TTIP's effect on sovereignty and democracy.

Green Party leaders congratulated voters in Kent, Ohio, for passing Issue 43, which called for a constitutional amendment to end corporate personhood and abolish the legal definition of money as free speech, as well as establishment of an annual «Democracy Day» public hearing for residents to testify on the effect of big contributions from corporations and the wealthy on elections.

The anti-Super PAC — Friends of Democracy — is targeting up to 12 of the most competitive House races in the nation with a message against what it views as the corrosive effect of money on politics.

A recent report on the positive effects of Democracy Prep Public Schools on graduates» voter registration and elections participation shows that at least some charter schools are taking civics seriously.

The PAA position paper, released on July 5, said: «We are concerned that the overall effect of the bill will be to rapidly increase the quantity and not the quality of charter schools, without the necessary safeguards, and to weaken the public school system, which we believe is the very backbone of democracy.»

Babak Radboy's «Circle Time,» a faux kids» show that engages toddlers in a dialogue about the ills of capitalism, left a bad taste in my mouth, as did Chantal Mouffe's «General Intellects with McKenzie Wark,» in which an economic theorist, beheaded via special - effects technology, lectures on liberalism and democracy in an empty meeting room.

But carrying out such an action would be as unprecedented as it would have a terribly chilling effect on U.S. democracy.

(1) Threat to Local Rule - Our democracy is based on citizen involvment in the governing process, by stripping this local right, preemption effects citizens» ability to ensure local health and safety, protection of local budget and economy and freedom of a clean environment.

«Judge Posner basically thinks that efforts to engage the unengaged are futile or otherwise not worth it, and a view of democracy that accepts that 50 % of the population doesn't vote is preferred to one that asks how can we get more people to engage to effect decisions made by others that impact on their lives... «I think this view is so depressing I can't envision how he wrote 400 pages describing it.

Democracy and transparency can have powerful and salutary effects on the judicial appointments process.

Jeremy Patrick states in the Tulsa Journal of Comparative and International Law that there is a hidden establishment clause on based on judicial interpretation of the Charter since its inception, and the reality of effecting a democracy in a legitimate and appropriate way,

If those conditions, currently in effect in democracies that purport to value free speech, don't satisfy one's concerns, let's admit that one actually wants to place restrictions on what others may read in published writings beyond one's control and, perhaps, to suppress contrary viewpoints by naming and shaming or otherwise making unpopular writings regrettable by named authors.

The investigation into Cambridge Analytica and Facebook may have profound effects not only on how data is collected in future but also on the very fabric of democracy.