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Lawrence Douglas

Lawrence Douglas

The Guardian

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The electoral college has become a gun held to the head of US democracy

These are not easy days for supporters of American democracy. But what twists my innards is not the prospect that in three weeks’ time, the majority...

18.10.2024 30

The Guardian

Lawrence Douglas

The US supreme court utterly distorted the true threat to American democracy

In its extraordinarily disturbing decision earlier this week granting presidents wide-ranging immunity from criminal prosecution, the US supreme court...

05.07.2024 50

The Guardian

Lawrence Douglas

Guardian Opinion cartoon Martin Rowson on the council budget cuts in Birmingham – cartoon

05.03.2024 6

The Guardian

Lawrence Douglas

The US supreme court could still swing the election for Trump

On Monday, the US supreme court unanimously overturned the Colorado supreme court’s decision to remove Trump from the Republican primary ballot. The...

05.03.2024 20

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Lawrence Douglas

Americans are hoping the courts will spare them an electoral reckoning with Trump

“This is how dictatorships are born.” Such was Donald Trump’s response to news that the Colorado supreme court had ruled that the former...

21.12.2023 90

The Guardian

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