From geographic balancing to making up for what the presidential candidate lacks, the considerations for picking a vice presidential candidate have changed and evolved since the 19th century.
Carl Natale
Web editor for SunJournal.com
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Elliott Epstein: Trump should be in the Big House not the White House
Are we willing to accept a government marked by criminality and authoritarianism?
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Why does the US struggle with the idea of a woman leader, when other countries don’t?
Kamala Harris has been subjected to sexist insults and questions about her electability as a woman running for president. But what is the ‘woman problem’ in US politics?
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Project 2025 reveals a radical plan to reshape the world
Project 2025 is iconoclastic and dystopian. Those who wish to understand Trump and the movement behind him, and the active threat they pose to American democracy, are obliged to take it seriously.
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The impossibility of separating Trump from Project 2025
The Heritage Foundation’s playbook isn’t the campaign’s. But Trump’s relegation of policy to staff makes the document an important preview of a second term.
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US Supreme Court: 10 days of blockbuster decisions with huge implications for the future
Has this been the most significant week for the US Supreme Court for a generation?
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8 policies that could be vulnerable to new legal challenges
The Supreme Court jettisoned longstanding precedent that helped the federal government make regulations. Now broad policies could be determined by judges.
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Elliott Epstein: We shouldn’t be OK with another Trump presidency
Our democracy may not be strong enough to survive four years of Donald Trump’s authoritarian ambitions.