Donald Trump said from the start that he would not honor any election that he did not win, and in this, he has proven a man of his word. Continue reading Mike Pence and January 6: The Future of American Democracy Itself Is on the Line, by Jeffrey C. Isaac
All republics need built-in safeguards against would-be tyrants.
President Trump has eroded some of those safeguards in th Continue reading Make Public Office Unappealing Again
One hallmark of Donald Trump’s presidency is his propensity to circulate conspiracy theories. But while Trump has raised conspiracy mongering to an art form, it is important to note that this practice became a feature of the American presidency in … Continue reading Presidential Conspiracy Mongers
Shameless self-promotion: I was involved in a podcast on The ResistanceDashboard concentrating on both my earlier work on discretionary executive power and on the Trump presidency. We also talk about the aims of and reason for The Constitutionalist. Although I’ve never been a committed conservative, I would nonetheless resist his enlistment of me into the progressive cause. The Trump era creates new alliances. As I’ve said before, if the Trump era makes progressives more attentive to constitutionalism then I think Trump had at least one benefit. Continue reading Podcast with Benjamin Kleinerman on Executive Power and the Constitution
Should Joe Biden pardon Donald Trump upon taking office? In the face of the growing instability of the American democratic order, Benjamin Kleinerman thinks that doing so would be “would be the most presidential act Biden could take” Continue reading Joe Biden Should Pardon Donald Trump
