Professor Austin Sarat
Total 3 Posts
Trump’s law-and-order campaign relies on a historic American tradition of racist and anti-immigrant politics.
6 min read
President Trump’s law-and-order campaign rhetoric has been compared to Richard Nixon’s and George Wallace’s similar themes in 1968. But such appeals go much further back, to the US in the early 1800s.
Why Trump’s post-impeachment actions are about vengeance, not retribution.
4 min read
Trump’s firing of witnesses who testified during his impeachment trial has been described as ‘retribution.’ But these actions are actually revenge, a political scientist says.
Could President Trump be impeached and convicted – but also reelected?
5 min read
A little-known provision of the Constitution might allow Trump to be reelected president in 2020 even if he is removed from office through the impeachment process.