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Featured in Issues & Controversies: ELECTORAL COLLEGE: Should the United States Continue to Use the Electoral College in Presidential Elections? SUPPORTERS ARGUE For more than 200 years, the Electoral College... read more →
Featured in Issues & Controversies: SUPREME COURT TERM LIMITS: Should U.S. Supreme Court Justices Have Term Limits? SUPPORTERS ARGUE U.S. Supreme Court justices have become too powerful and too divorced... read more →