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Discussions of the U.S. losing its spot as global top dog often get mired in predictions of doom and comparisons to the Roman Empire. When Rome fell, technological advances were lost for centuries, and Europe descended into the Dark Ages. The rise and fall of economic powers since the dawn of modern capitalism in the 17th century has been a different story. There have been shifts in relative power, and some have led to violent conflict, but living standards have continued to improve over time, even in lands that lost the crown of most powerful - Britain being the most recent...
...record of constitutional cases." Instead, Youn argues, her judicial profile is "very much in line with her colleagues." The study gives a brief overview of the term "judicial activism" and explains how it has been saddled with negative connotations since Marbury v. Madison established the court's power of judicial review in 1803. Specifics of the cases reviewed aren't available in the report, but the study nonetheless paints a good statistical portrait of what might be expected if Sonia Sotomayor is confirmed as a Supreme Court Justice...
...would be a sea change in Japanese politics. LDP politicians have held power in Japan for most of the past five decades...
...longer. Iranian democracy is now questioned by millions of Iranians who believe that their government rigged the elections. Though they clearly don't have the power to take on the state directly, those protesters have Tehran's establishment worried. The Iranian government knows it needs at least a passive acceptance by its citizenry of the new state of affairs, or else Iran's cities will have to become permanent garrisons under constant emergency rule. (See the top 10 Ahmadinejad-isms...
...future of the country - more than half of all Iranians are under the age of 30. Having clamped down on civil and political rights, the Iranian government will more than ever have to produce jobs for this new generation - much in the way the Chinese Communist Party maintained power after the Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1992 by providing a steady stream of economic growth. (See pictures of Tiananmen...