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Austin Sarat is William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. His most recent book is "Lethal Injection and the False Promise of Humane Execution." His opinion articles have appeared in USA Today, Slate, the Guardian, the Washington Post and elsewhere.

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks from the Oval Office of the White House on July 24, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Evan Vucci-Pool/Getty Images)

President Biden bids farewell with an unprecedented warning

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At the Meta Connect developer conference, Mark Zuckerberg, head of the Facebook group Meta, shows the prototype of computer glasses that can display digital objects in transparent lenses. (Andrej Sokolow/picture alliance via Getty Images)

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

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Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

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

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Former US President Donald Trump walks back to the courtroom after a break in his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, on April 30, 2024. (JUSTIN LANE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

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

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Kamala Harris VS Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

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

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U.S. President Joe Biden meets with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House on November 13, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Why Joe Biden should grant mercy to some of America’s worst criminals

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U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the assassination attempt on Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump at the White House on July 14, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

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

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Peter Navaro, Steve Bannon, Pete Hegseth and Matt Gaetz (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

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

Austin Sarat, Tom Dumm
Donald Trump and Jared Kushner (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Welcome to the New Dark Ages

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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)

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

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Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski take part in "The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-To-Peer Conversations"at The National Archives on July 12, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Shannon Finney/WireImage/Getty Images)

“Morning Joe” has got to go

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the California GOP Fall convention on September 29, 2023 in Anaheim, California. (David McNew/Getty Images)

One-party rule can be democratic or dangerous

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Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin speaks during "Fox & Friends" at Fox News Channel Studios on October 10, 2024 in New York City. (John Lamparski/Getty Images)

Laundering lies: Glenn Youngkin shows how easily media is manipulated to sanewash Donald Trump

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Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a Fox News Town Hall with Sean Hannity at the New Holland Arena on September 04, 2024 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

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

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Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is rushed offstage by U.S. Secret Service agents after being grazed by a bullet during a rally on July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Weaponizing tragedy for political capital: How Trump assassination attempts fuel MAGA

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Jack Smith and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Jack Smith shows his cards just in time: January 6 case looks like the winning hand against Trump

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President Donald Trump shakes hands with Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts before the State of the Union on Feb. 4, 2020. (Leah Millis-Pool/Getty Images)

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

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US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris boards Air Force Two as she departs Pittsburgh International Airport in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on September 9, 2024, en route to Philadelphia. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

From Afghanistan to Arlington, Kamala Harris can school Donald Trump on foreign policy

Austin Sarat, Dennis Aftergut
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Kamala Harris must now answer for her past positions — then she can flip the script on Trump

Austin Sarat, Dennis Aftergut
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)

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

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Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign appearance on July 31, 2024 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Refusing to indict Trump in Arizona was a grave mistake

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Clarence Thomas and John Roberts (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

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

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Joe Biden, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

In Kamala Harris Trump again confronts his worst nightmare

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Former US President Donald Trump and University of California at Berkeley law professor John Yoo (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump’s revenge plan relies on a return to the tortured past of the George W. Bush administration

Austin Sarat, Dennis Aftergut
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