Introduction to Individual Rights and the U.S. Bill of Rights

Reading time: 6 minutes

Electoral Systems Around the World

Reading time: 3 minutes

Presidential versus Prime Ministerial Authority

Reading time: 4 minutes

Disenfranchisement of Convicted Felons and Incarcerated People

Disenfranchisement, or the deprivation of the right to vote, of criminals is a practice adopted from English law which many states integrated into their constitutions after the Civil War. Every state except Maine, Vermont, and Washington, D.C., enforces some restriction on voting for incarcerated persons. The Tenth Amendment gives states jurisdiction over their election and […]