Author: Tuvya Bergson-Michelson

POLITICS

To Keep and Bear Arms: America’s Oldest and Newest Right

Depending on who you ask, the individual right to bear arms may date back to as long ago as 872 A.D., or as recently as […]

As this graph shows, the percentage of states explicitly protecting an individual right to bear arms has increased dramatically since 1970, due in part to NRA lobbying graph by Tuvya Bergson-Michelson, based on state constitutions
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Prejudice and Religious Freedom: the Supreme Court and Trump’s Travel Ban

On September 24th, the Trump Administration released its third version of the travel ban they maintain is to “detect individuals with terrorist ties and prevent […]

Each subsequent executive order on the Travel Ban has shifted exactly whom it targets. The star and crescent denotes predominantly Muslim countries, the ham- mer and sickle Communist countries, and the cross predominantly Christian countries. Infographic by Tuvya Bergson-Michelson, created using Piktochart
POLITICS

Partisan Gerrymandering: Where Should the Supreme Court Draw the Line?

On October 3, 2017, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Gill v. Whitford, a case that could reshape how we elect congresspeople. The case challenges […]

Wisconsin's assembly map is both less competitive and more biased towards Republicans than California's map
Wisconsin is defending its map before the Supreme Court in Gill v. Whitford, a case that could ban partisan gerrymandering. Infographic created by Tuvya Bergson-Michelson ‘19 using Piktochart. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the Wisconsin Elections Commission, and the Office of the Cali- fornia Secretary of State. All statistics calculated using share of two-party vote, except for districts where third-party challengers topped 10% of the vote. For Wisconsin, vote totals refer to the 2012 general election; All California totals refer to the 2012 primary election to control for California’s party-blind “Top-Two” primary system. Due to the absence of a Democratic presidential primary that year, Democratic vote totals presented are much lower than typical California elections.