Wehrhaftigkeit und Verletzlichkeit

Amerikas Verfassung

Folge 1 "Wehrhaftigkeit und Verletzlichkeit"
(aufgenommen am 13. Januar 2021)

Begrüßung

Housekeeping

Online-Panel: Restoring Transatlantic Relations - Eine Agenda für die kommenden Jahre, Dienstag, 19. Januar 2021, 18.00-19.15 Uhr, Online via ClickMeeting

Atlantisches Forum Online: Populismus—eine Gefahr für die Demokratie?, Dienstag, 26. Januar 2021, 18.00-19.30 Uhr, Online via ClickMeeting

News stories

Diskussion um General Austin:

DefenseNews - US Congress Passes Waiver for Mattis to Lead Pentagon

The Atlantic - Joe Biden: Why I Chose Lloyd Austin as Secretary of Defense

New York Times - Biden's Pentagon pick reignites debate over civilian control of military

Verteidigungshaushalt:

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021

Presidential Veto Message to the House of Representatives for the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021

DefenseNews - Congress overrides Trump veto of defense bill

Extremismus im US-Militär:

MilitaryTimes - Signs of white supremacy, extremisim up again in poll of active-duty troops

Politico - The military has a hate group problem. But it doesn't know how bad it's gotten

Secretary of Defense - Actions to Improve Racial and Ethnic Diversity and Inclusion in the U.S. Military

Congress.gov - Alarming Incidents of White Supremacy in the Military - How to Stop It?

Widerstandsfähigkeit der US-Demokratie:

The Guardian - America's flawed democracy: the five key areas where it is failing

New York Times - 2016 Presidential Election Results

New York Times - 2020 Presidential Election Results

Loyola Law School - Änderungen föderaler und einzelstaatlicher Wahldistrikte

Daniel McGlone and Esther Needham - The Most Gerrymandered States Ranked by Efficiency Gap and Seat Advantage

New York Times - Ivanka Trump Wins China Trademarks, Then Her Father Vows to Save ZTE

Business Insider - Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner earned at least $36 million in outside income in 2019

Congressional Research Service - the Emoluments Clauses of the U.S. Constitution

Constitutional Accountability Center - Blumenthal, et al. v. Trump - Holding President Trump accountable for his violations of the Foreign Emoluments Clause.

Trump White House Flickr - Picture: President Trump Watches as U.S. Special Operations Forces Close in on ISIS Leader

Verletzlichkeit der US Gesellschaft:

United States Department of Agriculture - Food security in the US

Feeding America - The Impact of the Coronavirus on Food Insecurity in 2020 (October 2020)

The Washington Post - A growing number of Americans are going hungry

Heinrich Böll Stiftung - Der CARES Act - die wirtschaftliche Antwort auf die Coronavirus-Verwerfungen in den USA

Stuftung Wissenschaft und Politik - Verletzliche Staaten von Amerika - Die Covid-19-Pandemie als Hypothek für die Zukunft

The Washington Post - Stealing to survive: More Americans are shoplifting food as aid runs out during the pandemic

Jeehoon Han, Bruce D. Meyer, James X. Sullivan - Real-time Poverty Estimates During the COVID-19 Pandemic through November 2020

The New York Times Podcast - A Day at the Food Pantry