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Donald Trump VS the US Constitution (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump's latest blitz on the Constitution

Austin Sarat
A view of the death chamber from the witness room at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility shows an electric chair and gurney August 29, 2001 in Lucasville, Ohio. The state of Ohio is one of the few states that still uses the electric chair, and it gives death row inmates a choice between death by the electric chair or by lethal injection. John W. Byrd, who will be executed on September 12, 2001, has stated that he will choose the electric chair. (Photo by Mike Simons/Getty Images)

Due process? Apparently not in Texas

Austin Sarat
Former Attorney General of Florida Pam Bondi, flanked by Donald Trump Jr (4th L) and Lieutenant Governor of Texas Dan Patrick (R), speaks to the press outside of the courthouse during former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, in New York City, on May 21, 2024. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

Bondi's case against Luigi isn't justice

Austin Sarat
Merrick Garland and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How Garland stymied Trump on his way out

Austin Sarat
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Abortion rights activists gather at the Monroe County Courthouse for a protest vigil a few hours before Indianas near total abortion ban goes into effect in Bloomington. (Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

S.C. GOP: Abortion is homicide

Griffin Eckstein
Former vice president and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden(C) prays as he meets religious leaders at Bethel AME Church in Wilmington, Delaware on June 1, 2020. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden must turn his faith into deeds

Austin Sarat
A view of the death chamber from the witness room at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility shows an electric chair and gurney August 29, 2001 in Lucasville, Ohio. The state of Ohio is one of the few states that still uses the electric chair, and it gives death row inmates a choice between death by the electric chair or by lethal injection. John W. Byrd, who will be executed on September 12, 2001, has stated that he will choose the electric chair. (Photo by Mike Simons/Getty Images)

Texas court clears way for execution

Griffin Eckstein
A view of the death chamber from the witness room at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility shows an electric chair and gurney August 29, 2001 in Lucasville, Ohio. The state of Ohio is one of the few states that still uses the electric chair, and it gives death row inmates a choice between death by the electric chair or by lethal injection. John W. Byrd, who will be executed on September 12, 2001, has stated that he will choose the electric chair. (Photo by Mike Simons/Getty Images)

Texas judge halts execution of Roberson

Griffin Eckstein
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Anti-death penalty activists, including members of MoveOn.org and other advocay groups rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court in a final attempt to prevent the execution of Oklahoma inmate Richard Glossip on September 29, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Larry French/Getty Images for MoveOn.org)

"Bizarre" SCOTUS death penalty hearing

Tatyana Tandanpolie
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (Jacob Moscovitch/Getty Images)

Prof: Politics behind Missouri execution

Tatyana Tandanpolie
Sunny Neelam of Catholic Worker House holds a sign that reads “Execute Justice Not People!" as he participates in a vigil against the death penalty in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on June 29, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Dems go silent about the death penalty

Austin Sarat
Ron DeSantis | Prison Cellhouse interior (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

GOP pushing to expand the death penalty

Austin Sarat
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Joe Biden and Payton Gendron (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Biden betrays his moral code in Buffalo

Austin Sarat
The Gas Death House of Nevada, in a period photograph from 1926. (Bettmann/Contributor via Getty Images)

Alabama's new plan for execution

Austin Sarat
Members of the Jewish faith gather in front of the Tree of Life Synagogue for the Shabbat on Friday evening, November 2, 2018 in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood. 11 people were killed in a mass shooting at the synagogue on Saturday morning, October 27, 2018. (Justin Merriman/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Tree of Life and the death penalty

Austin Sarat
Texas Governor Greg Abbott (Lynda M. Gonzalez-Pool/Getty Images)

Greg Abbott's rush to pardon a murderer

Heather Digby Parton
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Kay Ivey and Steve Marshall (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Alabama rushing to resume executions

Austin Sarat
Woman visiting a prisoner (Getty Images/South_agency)

Our last visit, on death row

Suzanne Craig Robertson
A sign for Unit 5 of Death Row, in a US prison, circa 1990. (Michael Brennan/Getty Images)

Alabama: We want crueler executions

Austin Sarat
File photo of the death chamber at the Texas Department of Corrections (Getty Images/Bettmann )

Lethal injection: 40 years of failure

Austin Sarat
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Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (Michael Wade/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Alabama halts executions; can't fix them

Austin Sarat
Police officers gather to remove activists during an anti-death penalty protest in front of the US Supreme Court January 17, 2017 in Washington, DC. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Death penalty: Campaign issue no more

Austin Sarat
U.S. President Joe Biden | Investigators work around the wreckage of a Home Depot pickup truck a day after it was used in a terror attack in New York on November 1, 2017. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Is Biden against death penalty or not?

Austin Sarat
A sign for Unit 5 of Death Row, in a US prison, circa 1990. (Michael Brennan/Getty Images)

Alabama plans to kill a man: But how?

Austin Sarat
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