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.
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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.
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?
Right from the very beginning of the nation, there have been rules that limit the ability of the people to choose their leaders.
US law has long held that those who support rebels and insurrectionists are just as guilty of treason as those who support foreign enemies.
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.
Colorado’s Supreme Court has removed Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 presidential ballot. A scholar of constitutional law explains why.
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’s hit song triggered renewed attention on vigilante justice, racism and urban America.
Political scientists have begun to investigate ways AI can help people understand politics better and get more voices into the public sphere.
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.
No matter how clean an election is, Nigerian politicians typically challenge the result.
It’s official: State courts can review lawmakers’ election-district boundary decisions to ensure they comply with state law.
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.
George Santos has admitted to having said some stupid things. But his lying became the subject of a federal probe that has resulted in criminal charges.
Where regular reporters have disappeared, university-led statehouse reporting programs have stepped in.
Trump’s reported indictment, and the frenzy it has already created, demonstrate just what a dangerous and unstable time this is for American democracy. The road is probably about to get even rockier.
A survey of more than 12,000 US voters found that Black Americans are among the most hopeful about the direction of politics – and they are turning that emotion into action at the polls.
Biden can seem like a relic from a different age. But he also represents tradition, a form of politics that is not trapped in constant, partisan trench warfare on every issue.
President Joe Biden may be nicer to reporters than his predecessor, but he’s not actually responsive to the press. He has held fewer press conferences than any president in recent memory.
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Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
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University System of Maryland Regents Professor of Law, University of Maryland
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Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development, University of Maryland
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Professor of Government and Politics and Director of the Center for Democracy and Civic Engagement, University of Maryland
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Emeritus Professor of Politics, Washington and Lee University; Senior Fellow, Miller Center, University of Virginia
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Associate Professor of American History and Politics, University of East Anglia
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Professor of Religion and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies, Case Western Reserve University
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Research Fellow in Human-Computer Interaction and Animal-Computer Interaction, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Philosophy, Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington
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Assistant lecturer, CY Cergy Paris Université
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Associate Professor and Director of the Centre on US Politics, UCL
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Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College
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Professor of Law and Associate Director of the Drake University Constitutional Law Center, Drake University
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Dean of the Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
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Senior Research Scholar for Cyber Policy and Security, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University
