Federal jurisdiction is virtually unlimited today and the strength and survivability of liberalism, our nation's animating political philosophy, is hotly debated. These issues are connected and James …
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Compass is an online journal that provides a space for the work of talented undergraduates who have original and well-articulated insights on important ideas and issues relating to American democracy understood in the broad contexts of political philosophy, history, literature, economics, and culture.