Resource Links: Harry Potter Law

​Articles:

1. JK Rowling on Donald Trump: 'Voldemort was nowhere as bad’ - Sian Cain
   https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/dec/08/jk-rowling-on-donald-trump-voldemort-was-nowhere-as-bad
    

2. He who must not be named: how Harry Potter helps make sense of Trump’s world - Rebecca Nicholson
   https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/mar/13/he-who-must-not-be-named-how-harry-potter-helps-make-sense-of-trumps-world
    

3. How Big Money Corrupts the Economy - Hacker and Loewentheil
   https://democracyjournal.org/magazine/27/how-big-money-corrupts-the-economy/
    

4. How the Trump Campaign Is Trying to Suppress the Black Vote - Justin Worland
   https://time.com/5902729/black-voter-suppression-2020/
    

5. Here's What We Know So Far About Russia's 2016 Meddling - Abigail Abrams
   https://time.com/5565991/russia-influence-2016-election/
    

6. Claims of 'voter fraud' have a long history in America. And they are false - David Litt
   https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/04/trump-voter-fraud-america-false
    

7. The Politics of Harry Potter: Corrupt Law and Totalitarian Government - Samantha Love
   https://www.oxford-royale.com/articles/harry-potter-law/#aId=777ddd00-ddc3-4663-bb9f-6ec33c87b2ce
    

8. The executive branch pushes the boundaries of the separation of powers 
   https://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/imbalance_of_power_executive_branch/P2
    

9. How Dolores Umbridge made our skin crawl
   https://www.wizardingworld.com/features/how-dolores-umbridge-made-our-skin-crawl
    

10. The President’s War on Dissent Is Using Trumped-Up Federal Charges - Natasha Lennard
    https://theintercept.com/2020/10/31/protests-federal-charges-trump/
     

11. Counted out: Trump's desperate fight to stop the minority vote - Gary Younge
    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/17/trump-desperate-fight-stop-minority-vote-republicans-racism
     

12. Trump and Fox News: the dangerous relationship shaping America's coronavirus response - David Smith 
    https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/apr/10/fox-news-donald-trump-coronavirus
     

13. Poll: 70 percent of Republicans don’t think the election was free and fair - Catherine Kim
    https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/09/republicans-free-fair-elections-435488
     

14. Voter fraud used to be rampant. Now it’s an anomaly. - Erin Blackemore
    https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/11/voter-fraud-used-to-be-rampant-now-an-anomaly/
     

15. US Supreme Court rejects Trump-backed challenge to election 
    https://www.ft.com/content/ace31858-c210-40b3-8dad-f62cf134b435
     

16. UK government admits it will break international law over Brexit treaty
    https://www.ft.com/content/a20e7822-468f-4671-8e82-9dc5b5f353d8
     

17. A Leaderless Struggle for Democracy - Sarah Repucci
    https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2020/leaderless-struggle-democracy
     

18. Kashmir: India’s ‘draconian’ blackout sets worrying precedent, warns UN - Rebecca Ratcliffe 
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/08/kashmir-communications-blackout-is-draconian-says-un-envoy
     

19. Hunger Games Salute Becomes a Real Sign of Dissent in 'Tyrannical' Thailand - Charlie Campbell
    https://time.com/2816496/hunger-games-salute-becomes-a-real-sign-of-dissent-in-tyrannical-thailand/
     

20. Why The Handmaid’s Tale is so relevant today - Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
    https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20180425-why-the-handmaids-tale-is-so-relevant-today
     

21. Supergirl Takes on Fake News – and the Refugee Crisis - Nick Campbell
    https://www.tvguide.com/news/supergirl-exodus-recap-politics/

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Websites:

1. What is Democracy?- Lecture at Hilla University for Humanistic Studies
   https://diamond-democracy.stanford.edu/speaking/lectures/what-democracy
    

2. J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World
   https://www.jkrowling.com/writing/
    

3. Sovereignty
   https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/sovereignty#:~:text=Sovereignty%20is%20a%20political%20concept%22sovereign%22%2C%20or%20king.&text=The%20Sovereign%20is%20the%20one,even%20as%20Blackstone%20defined%20it.

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Reports:

1. Youth and Satisfaction with Democracy: Reversing the Democratic Disconnect?
   https://www.cam.ac.uk/system/files/youth_and_satisfaction_with_democracy.pdf
    

2. The Legitimacy of Representation: How Descriptive, Formal, and Responsiveness Representation Affect the Acceptability of Political Decisions - Sveinung Arnesen, Yvette Peters
   https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0010414017720702

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Videos:

1. Donald Trump: 'If you count the legal votes, I easily win’ 
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ScswNWlESw

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