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Civic engagement is a core value for me. I have always aspired to help the communities I’m from.” Mazaher Kaila, a Maxwell alumna and third-year student at Syracuse University's College of Law, moved with her family from Sudan to Central New York when she was four years old. “I realized that to make meaningful change in society, I needed to understand the systems that power it—government and politics—and that’s insight I would gain by studying political science.”
Mazaher Kaila ’19, L’22
political science, law
Bybee Speaks With Agence France Presse About US Supreme Court Reform
August 1, 2024
Agence France Presse
The U.S. Supreme Court has become a political flashpoint in recent years, triggering growing calls for reform. President Joe Biden unveiled proposals Monday to reform the nine-member court, which has reeled sharply to the right with the nomination of three conservative justices by his Republican predecessor, Donald Trump.
Wielding a 6-3 majority, conservatives have stripped the nationwide right to abortion, weakened environmental protections and federal agencies, and granted Trump's claim that an ex-president has broad immunity from prosecution.
Keith Bybee, professor of political science, says 6-3 rulings such as the immunity decision make the Court appear more partisan in its decision-making.
“But also, this majority is quite emboldened,” he says, rendering decisions that are “quite sweeping and overturn decades-old precedents” such as in the case of abortion.
“Those two factors together prompted a lot of concern among the Democratic Party about the power of the Court,” Bybee says.
Read more in the Agence France Presse article, “Supreme Court reforms a long shot in current US political environment.”
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BaoBao Zhang Joins First Cohort of AI2050 Early Career Fellows
One of only 15 scholars chosen from across the U.S., Zhang will receive up to $200,000 in research funding over the next two years. Zhang will use the funding to partner with the nonprofit, non-partisan Center for New Democratic Processes to test whether public participation in AI governance is increased through the creation of public assemblies, known as “deliberative democracy workshops.”
Baobao Zhang
Assistant Professor, Political Science Department
Bybee Speaks With Agence France Presse About US Supreme Court Reform
August 1, 2024
Agence France Presse
The U.S. Supreme Court has become a political flashpoint in recent years, triggering growing calls for reform. President Joe Biden unveiled proposals Monday to reform the nine-member court, which has reeled sharply to the right with the nomination of three conservative justices by his Republican predecessor, Donald Trump.
Wielding a 6-3 majority, conservatives have stripped the nationwide right to abortion, weakened environmental protections and federal agencies, and granted Trump's claim that an ex-president has broad immunity from prosecution.
Keith Bybee, professor of political science, says 6-3 rulings such as the immunity decision make the Court appear more partisan in its decision-making.
“But also, this majority is quite emboldened,” he says, rendering decisions that are “quite sweeping and overturn decades-old precedents” such as in the case of abortion.
“Those two factors together prompted a lot of concern among the Democratic Party about the power of the Court,” Bybee says.
Read more in the Agence France Presse article, “Supreme Court reforms a long shot in current US political environment.”
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