Media Mentions: December 2024
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Courthouse News Service
Brazil edges closer to tying ex-President Jair Bolsonaro to supposed coup plot
December 30, 2024
Scott Mainwaring, a political science professor at the University of Notre Dame who studies Latin American politics, questioned what he described as excessive interventionism by some Brazilian judges. “Although I generally agree with the decisions, I believe that by American standards, these are behaviors that exceed what is appropriate and could be a problem if they become the norm,” he said.
At the same time, he faulted the U.S. system for a “very, very slow response,” noting that “most of the criminal cases against Donald Trump never went to trial,” partly, in his view, because the U.S. Supreme Court helped protect him.
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Political Science
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Notre Dame event models the hospitality needed for national healing
December 11, 2024
“If there’s any issue where we might expect Notre Dame would have a voice that we hope the rest of the country and the world would listen to, it’s on the question of faith and religion and how it relates to democracy,” said David Campbell, professor of American Democracy and director of the Notre Dame Democracy Initiative.
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Political Science
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Newsweek
Is Trump Behind Israel-Hezbollah Ceasefire Deal?
December 05, 2024
"While the imminent transition in Washington on January 21, 2025 is no doubt on all the parties' minds, I think that was less important than two other factors which I believe were a catalyst for this ceasefire deal," said Michael C. Desch, Packey J. Dee Professor of International Relations, Notre Dame International Security Center.
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Political Science