For the first time, a former US president has been indicted, and two scholars describe what it means for democracy – and for them.
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Special counsels can help administrations avoid the perception of bias, but politics is never fully out of the picture.
Trump isn’t the first modern president with legal problems, but he would be the first former president to be indicted for alleged crimes.
A House panel made four criminal referrals in relation to Donald Trump’s alleged role in the attack on the Capitol. Convictions might make him an unpalatable candidate but wouldn’t bar him from running.
The former president made little mention of his personal legal battles as he announced his bid to retake the White House.
A lot of facts have come forward through the efforts of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol. What will its efforts mean to the US?
What are classified documents? Who gets to see them? What happens if they are released?
There’s a high bar for a federal judge to grant a search warrant, indicating there is probable cause that Trump committed a crime by holding classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.
Donald Trump asked former aides not to testify before a committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. The Department of Justice has now charged one over that refusal.
GOP Rep. Liz Cheney says the American people “deserve the full and open testimony of every person with knowledge of the planning and preparation for Jan. 6.” Will they get it?
Google pays Apple to make its search engine the default on its devices, but the iPhone maker actually has more market power in the relationship.
Just because a tech company has a big share of the market doesn’t mean it has the power to keep it.
Trained service dogs are fundamentally different from emotional support animals – and certification could make sure the public understands the difference.
A scholar of discrimination law explains why regulations set up in the 1960s are still critical to protecting racial groups today.
The Constitution’s guarantee of due process means this effort should not be taken lightly, legal scholars argue.
He was a champion for ‘law and order’ policies at the highest level.
Patients in 29 states rely on medical marijuana to treat pain, nausea, seizures and other ailments. But all that could change.
Scholars dig in to the debate on whether police should be able to defeat or circumvent encryption systems.
The FBI and police officials say they need to decrypt secure communications to fight crime. But they have other options, and modern threats make clear the importance of strong encryption.
Pardoning a man who has illegally used racial profiling to round up Latinos could send a message to law enforcement that aggressive tactics are OK by the president.
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W. Lee Burge Chair in Law & Ethics; Director, National Institute for Teaching Ethics & Professionalism, Georgia State University
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Law Professor in Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Election Law, University of Memphis
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Foundation Professor of Law and Political Science, Arizona State University
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Professor of Law and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Wayne State University
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Assistant Professor, Northeastern University
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Associate Professor of the Practice of International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Associate Professor of Political Science and El Instituto, University of Connecticut
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Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Professional Ethics, Case Western Reserve University
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Associate Professor of Computer Science, Northeastern University
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Professor of Law, University of South Carolina
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Professor of Chemistry and Forensic and Investigative Science, West Virginia University
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Associate Professor of History, Penn State
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Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Intellectual Property Law, Hofstra University
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Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut
