DI America WTO Antigua online gambling report (936 KB)
14 August 2017
On Chinese TV, Patrick Basham discusses the lack of evidence that Donald Trump holds racist views
8 August 2017
On BBC Radio, Patrick Basham reviews the week in American politics
Libya frozen assets DI briefing paper (968 KB)
The Democracy Institute releases its report,
“Opening Pandora’s Box? Why the Convention of States Project Will Fail,” on the respective campaigns to invoke an Article V-mandated
convention that would enable the states to bypass Congress, the President, the courts, and the federal bureaucracy. The report
finds that a limited convention on a single issue, such as a balanced budget amendment or congressional term limits, is far
more likely than a thematic one to be a successful convention. Only narrowly focused, non-partisan, single amendment convention
solutions offer the likelihood of eventual ratification and the promise of positive change. Download Article V (765 KB)
11 February 2017
3 February 2017
Download the PDF (95 KB)
29 December 2016
9 November 2016
The Daily Star newspaper writes about the Democracy Institute's US election eve poll predicting a Trump victory
