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Democracy needs “heroic citizens” to defy autocracy”. Peter and Section 1 are featured on CBC Ideas with Nahlah Ayed

Democracy needs "heroic citizens" to defy autocracy". Peter and Section 1 are featured on CBC Ideas with Nahlah Ayed.

The January 6 Insurrection has succeeded: From liberal democracy to electoral autocracy. Peter Biro on the Brian Crombie Hour. (February 2025)

The January 6 insurrection has succeeded and the coup transforming the United States from liberal constitutional democracy to electoral autocracy is proceeding in rapid and deliberately conceived stages. Peter's conversation with Brian Crombie.

The Notwithstanding Clause under the Miscroscope: Peter Biro on the Brian Crombie Hour

Section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, also known as the NOTWITHSTANDING CLAUSE, is one of the Constitution’s most controversial and least well understood provisions. By invoking the notwithstanding clause, the government can insulate a law from the strongest order a court can issue, which is to strike down the law because it infringes a Charter right or freedom.

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