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William Nelson Cromwell

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3 months ago

Trump’s death-penalty pledge for Washington DC is ugly racial politics | Austin Sarat

The president’s unconstitutional vision would bring a racist practice back to a city that has banned it for decades

The District of Columbia carried out its last execution in 1957. That April, it put …

Trump is wrong about crime – but right about the fear of it | Austin Sarat

The deployment of the national guard in Washington ignores the data. But Democrats must not ignore how people feel

In most of America’s largest cities, crime, especially violent crime, is down. But th…

4 months ago

Sentence before verdict: Trump’s attack on Obama is straight out of Alice in Wonderland | Austin Sarat

The president’s claims against his predecessor turn long-held ideals of American justice on their head

Almost every American knows that in our legal system, people accused of crimes are presumed innoc…

To defeat Trump, the left must learn from him | Austin Sarat

Six months into his second term, the president has been disastrous for democracy – but extraordinarily politically adept

In the first six months of his second term as president, Donald Trump has domin…

5 months ago

A US senator’s X posts after the Minnesota shootings were horrific – and predictable | Austin Sarat

Mike Lee knows better than to turn tragedy into disinformation. But outrageousness has become the name of the game

National tragedy used to bring national unity. If only momentarily, partisanship was …

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