Both sweeping immunity and overzealous prosecutions of former leaders can undermine democracy. But such prosecutions pose different risks for older democracies like the US than in younger ones.
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Nikki Haley claims Donald Trump is running as a quasi-incumbent and should be doing much better against her than he is. That’s wishful thinking, says a political scientist.
Former US secretary of state, Henry Kissinger has died, aged 100. His legacy, including his involvement in the Vietnam war, is long, complicated and divisive.
Love him or hate him, you can’t ignore the importance of Henry Kissinger’s legacy in government and as a public intellectual.
Criminal charges against former President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot could spark political consequences – not only for Trump, but for US democracy.
Biden’s relationship with his father contrasts with perhaps every president in the last four decades, who either had absent or distant fathers or abusive or alcoholic fathers or stepfathers.
Food might seem like an easy way to appeal to the masses. But when politicians wade into local food customs, they do so at their own risk.
The Earned Income Tax Credit was established in 1975 to reduce payroll taxes and help with rising prices for low-income families. Today, it could help poor families with housing.
The claim of “resistance” inside the White House offers the possibility of government by Trump appointees who prefer to keep their positions rather than publicly denounce a man they disapprove of.
There’s no precedent for selling oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve at a time when there’s no market-driven reason for doing that.
What if impeaching the president meant the White House would switch parties? It was an ethical question Democrats faced in the 1970s.
Franklin D. Roosevelt is famous for really getting a lot done fast. Will history remember Trump so kindly?
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Professor of Political Science and Co-founder of the Political Economy Forum, University of Washington
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Professor of Political Science, Co-founder of the Political Economy Forum, University of Washington
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Assistant Research Professor of Political Science in the Media Forensics Hub, Clemson University
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The E. William Davis Jr, M.D. Professor of Medical Ethics and Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University
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Director of Research, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Professor of Journalism, Indiana University
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