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President Biden bids farewell with an unprecedented warning

President Biden bids farewell with an unprecedented warning

Joe Biden breaks with tradition to offer a direct criticism of his successor

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Salon

Austin Sarat

Why Is a Democratic Governor Covering For Her State’s Disastrous Execution Practices?

Why Is a Democratic Governor Covering For Her State’s Disastrous Execution Practices?
14.01.2025 4

Slate

Austin Sarat

Mark Zuckerberg’s gaslighting can’t hide the truth for Donald Trump

Mark Zuckerberg’s gaslighting can’t hide the truth for Donald Trump

Mark Zuckerberg’s gaslighting about Meta’s shameful decision to end fact-checking is still very dangerous

14.01.2025 20

Salon

Austin Sarat

Joe Biden’s most peculiar rejection: Why two death row inmates are refusing his clemency offer

Joe Biden’s most peculiar rejection: Why two death row inmates are refusing his clemency offer

The decision of two death row inmates to turn down clemency sounds crazy, but they are not the tirst to do it

11.01.2025 10

Salon

Austin Sarat

Donald Trump will be forced to face justice before he takes office

Donald Trump will be forced to face justice before he takes office

Last Friday, New York Judge Juan Merchan, who presided over Donald Trump’s hush money trial, refused to quash the indictment and set aside the...

07.01.2025 40

Salon

Austin Sarat

MAGA’s 2024 win made the case: Make voting in America compulsory

MAGA’s 2024 win made the case: Make voting in America compulsory

If democracy dies in this country, it can be blamed on people who did not bother to vote last November.  During the 2024 presidential campaign,...

31.12.2024 4

Salon

Austin Sarat

Biden Just Made a Huge Defensive Move Against Trump. It’s What He Didn’t Do That’s Telling.

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24.12.2024 10

Slate

Austin Sarat

The U.S. Must Not Abandon Syria

Leo Correa|AP Syrians wave flags during a celebration in Damascus on Dec. 13 following Bashar Assad's ouster. The demise of the Bashar Assad regime...

20.12.2024 4

U.S.News

Austin Sarat

Don’t be fooled, Biden’s mass clemency may be another half-measure

Last Thursday, the White House announced that President Biden was “granting clemency to nearly 1,500 Americans – the most ever in a single day.”...

18.12.2024 4

Salon

Austin Sarat

Trump’s criminal state: MAGA’s jailhouse-to-White House pipeline is bigger than corruption

Last Wednesday, Donald Trump announced the appointment of Peter Navarro as a senior counselor for trade and manufacturing during the second Trump...

10.12.2024 90

Salon

Austin Sarat

Welcome to the New Dark Ages

Donald Trump has moved at warp speed to nominate people to serve in his Cabinet and other important government posts who have chosen loyalty  to...

07.12.2024 8

Salon

Austin Sarat

Before it is too late Biden must turn words into deeds on the death penalty

In the aftermath of the 2024 presidential election, opponents of the death penalty are mounting a campaign to convince President Biden to commute...

01.12.2024 2

Salon

Austin Sarat

"Morning Joe” has got to go

MSNBC's “Morning Joe” co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brezinski violated some of the cardinal rules of journalism. Journalists, so those maxims...

22.11.2024 3

Salon

Austin Sarat

Two Separate Shaken Baby Cases in Texas Expose the Death Penalty as a Farce

Tweet Share Share Comment Two Texas death cases made headlines last week; both involved a parent who was convicted of killing their 2-year old...

21.11.2024 7

Slate

Austin Sarat

One-party rule can be democratic or dangerous

The 2024 election has installed a regime of one-party government in Washington. Come Jan. 20, the presidency, the Senate, and the House of...

18.11.2024 9

Salon

Austin Sarat

Joe Biden Can Preemptively Halt One Brutal Trump Policy

Tweet Share Share Comment There are 40 men on federal death row who have been convicted of capital offenses by the federal government going back as...

12.11.2024 1

Slate

Austin Sarat

Texas Lawmakers Did Something Unprecedented to Save an Innocent Man’s Life

Tweet Share Share Comment Robert Roberson, who was wrongfully convicted of a capital crime, was due to die on Thursday at 6 p.m. He is alive today...

19.10.2024 2

Slate

Austin Sarat

On crime and justice, Trump and Harris records differ widely

Though crime and criminal justice policy are central issues in many elections, that’s not true in 2024. Surveys show that relatively few American...

15.10.2024 2

The Conversation

Austin Sarat

Donald Trump’s retribution will begin with a restriction of free speech

Ever since Donald Trump arrived on the national political scene in 2015, he has displayed a perplexing and troubling attitude toward freedom of...

15.10.2024 1

Salon

Austin Sarat

We’re Witnessing the Worst Execution Spree in Three Decades

Tweet Share Share Comment This week is shaping up to be a very bad one for death penalty opponents in the United States. If all goes according to...

24.09.2024 10

Slate

Austin Sarat

John Roberts’ MAGA conversion: How Donald Trump remade the Supreme Court in his image

Since he was appointed Supreme Court chief justice by George W. Bush in 2005, John Roberts has been something of an enigma. He initially tried to...

17.09.2024 10

Salon

Austin Sarat

Will Idaho Push Forward With One of the Rarest and Most Horrible Types of Executions?

Tweet Share Share Comment The state of Idaho tried to kill Thomas Creech once. It failed. It now wants a second chance. Last week, a state judge...

10.09.2024 1

Slate

Austin Sarat

The end of the abolition era: Democrats quietly drop their opposition to the death penalty

What a difference four years make. In 2020 the Democratic Party took an aggressively anti-death penalty position . Not so this year. In 2020 Joe...

31.08.2024 2

Salon

Austin Sarat

Is South Carolina Willing to Heed the Clearest Lesson We Have About Executions?

Tweet Share Share Comment Carrying out an execution is always a complicated business that takes a horrible toll on anyone who is associated with...

30.08.2024 10

Slate

Austin Sarat

He Was in Prison for 48 Years for a Crime He Didn’t Commit. His Restitution Is Appalling.

Tweet Share Share Comment Glynn Simmons holds a dubious and painful distinction. He served a longer amount of time in prison before being...

21.08.2024 20

Slate

Austin Sarat

Refusing to indict Trump in Arizona was a grave mistake

The phrase “no one is above the law” has a long and storied history. But in the age of Trump it is coming to seem like nothing more than a...

11.08.2024 50

Salon

Austin Sarat

One GOP Attorney General Is Obsessed With Keeping Innocent People Behind Bars. He Just Won His Primary.

Tweet Share Share Comment All across this country, prisoners who have been falsely convicted dream about being exonerated. That dream sustains...

09.08.2024 2

Slate

Austin Sarat

Yes, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Deserves to Die. It’s Still Good He Won’t Be Executed.

Tweet Share Share Comment On Wednesday, the United States government announced that it had reached a plea deal with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed—the...

02.08.2024 10

Slate

Austin Sarat

Biden’s bid to fix a broken Supreme Court: It’s time to get political

On Monday, President Joe Biden unveiled a package of reforms targeting the United States Supreme Court. That package included a proposal to amend...

31.07.2024 1

Salon

Austin Sarat

The Kamala Harris Death-Penalty Test

Tweet Share Share Comment When President Joe Biden leaves the White House, he will leave behind a mixed legacy on the issue of capital punishment....

31.07.2024 2

Slate

Austin Sarat

In Kamala Harris Trump again confronts his worst nightmare

Fans of the Broadway musical Hamilton will remember a moment late in the show when, after a series of songs about Hamilton’s personal life, one of...

22.07.2024 60

Salon

Austin Sarat