A man reads the Chicago Tribune announcing President Lyndon B. Johnson’s decision not to run for reelection in 1968.
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How does someone with power and fame walk away from it? It’s not easy, as these three examples from politics and sports show.
U.S. President Joe Biden and Donald Trump participate in the CNN Presidential Debate on June 27, 2024.
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Scholars of communication and politics assess a presidential debate with a clear loser, but no clear winner.
Soon to share a stage for the first time since 2020: Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
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Most efforts to project how well a candidate will do in an election are based largely on factors over which presidents have little to no control.
Julius Caesar was the first tyrant of Rome, after which Rome was never again free.
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Renaissance philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli dissected the threats authoritarian figures pose to representative government.
Donald Trump at his New York trial.
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Donald Trump’s consistent attacks on the US justice system may have done significant damage.
Is one of these methods really the best way to break an election tie?
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If the presidential election ends in a tie, then what? The winner might not even be 1 of the 2 people who tied for the most votes.
Donald Trump picks his targets carefully and seeks to undermine their legitimacy.
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Trump’s efforts may appear to play by the rules, but in reality they ignore key aspects of the rule of law because he does not act in good faith.
Graduating cadets at West Point take their oaths to the Constitution and are commissioned as officers in the U.S. Army.
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Members of the military take an oath before service, but it’s to the Constitution, not a specific person. West Point professors explain how young officers learn the importance of their allegiance.
It’s important to democracy to have difficult discussions across political lines.
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What does someone like me, who believes that the last presidential election was legitimately won by Joe Biden, say to those who think the 2020 election was stolen?
A 1935 painting depicts the 1787 meeting that adopted the U.S. Constitution.
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Right from the very beginning of the nation, there have been rules that limit the ability of the people to choose their leaders.
Donald Trump’s actions on Jan. 6, 2021, are key to questions about his eligibility to hold office.
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US law has long held that those who support rebels and insurrectionists are just as guilty of treason as those who support foreign enemies.
Donald Trump at a campaign event in Waterloo, Iowa, on Dec. 19, 2023.
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A historian and legal scholar of a key part of the US Constitution explains what happens now that the Colorado Supreme Court has ruled Trump cannot be on the state’s presidential ballots.
On Jan. 6, 2021, then-President Donald Trump exhorted followers to object to the results of the 2020 presidential election.
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Colorado’s Supreme Court has removed Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 presidential ballot. A scholar of constitutional law explains why.
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His key opponent is an incendiary character in a world of legal trouble. So why isn’t Joe Biden in a better position to win the 2024 presidential race than he seems to be?
Country singer Jason Aldean sings in front of the Maury County Courthouse in Columbia, Tenn.
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Country singer Jason Aldean’s hit song triggered renewed attention on vigilante justice, racism and urban America.
A voter marks a ballot during Kentucky’s primary elections in May 2023.
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Political scientists have begun to investigate ways AI can help people understand politics better and get more voices into the public sphere.
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin gives a thumbs-up during an Economic Club of Washington event on Sept. 26, 2023.
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With the balance of political power at stake in the Virginia legislature, voters in this key swing state may reveal clues for the 2024 presidential election.
An election tribunal recently upheld President Bola Tinubu’s election victory in Nigeria.
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No matter how clean an election is, Nigerian politicians typically challenge the result.
North Carolina’s election districts have been under debate and review for years.
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It’s official: State courts can review lawmakers’ election-district boundary decisions to ensure they comply with state law.
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Biden could face trying to win an election against an opponent being prosecuted by the government he leads. This is uncharted territory for a US president.