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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.

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

Austin Sarat
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

Austin Sarat
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

Austin Sarat
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

Austin Sarat
U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts before the State of the Union address in the House chamber on February 4, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Leah Millis-Pool/Getty Images)

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

Austin Sarat
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

Austin Sarat
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

Austin Sarat
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

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

In Kamala Harris Trump again confronts his worst nightmare

Austin Sarat
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
Aileen Cannon (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/US District Court for the Southern District of Florida)

The Supreme Court’s immunity decision is the gift that keeps giving to Donald Trump

Austin Sarat
Donald Trump and Richard Nixon (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

John Roberts’ Supreme Court would have let Richard Nixon off the hook

Austin Sarat
Hunter Biden, Joe Biden and Donald Trump (Getty Images/Salon)

How Joe Biden should handle the issue of Hunter’s conviction at the debate

Dennis Aftergut, Austin Sarat
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting about countering the flow of fentanyl into the United States, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House November 21, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

3 answers to the most challenging debate questions for Joe Biden

Dennis Aftergut, Austin Sarat
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the annual State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the Capital building on March 7, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Shawn Thew-Pool/Getty Images)

First debate a chance for Biden to finish the Trump smackdown he started during State of the Union

Dennis Aftergut, Austin Sarat
Former President Donald Trump speaks to guests at a rally on April 02, 2024 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Trump’s war on cities backfires: Attack on Milwaukee may be too far for MAGA

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

Red states are using the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade to expand the death penalty

Austin Sarat
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis looks on during a hearing in the case of the State of Georgia v. Donald John Trump at the Fulton County Courthouse on March 1, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia. (Alex Slitz-Pool/Getty Images)

Judge stops Trump’s Georgia sideshow: 5 key takeaways from the Fani Willis ruling

Austin Sarat, Dennis Aftergut
President Donald J. Trump greets Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Samuel Alito as he departs from a ceremony to swear in Secretary of Defense Mark Esper in the Oval Office at the White House on Tuesday, July 23, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Alito’s cries of religious persecution are a chilling preview of Supreme Court in another Trump term

Austin Sarat
Former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives for his arraignment at Manhattan Criminal Court on April 04, 2023 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Immunity ruling boosts chances of a speedy Jan. 6 trial for Trump

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

Biden betrays his moral standing in Buffalo: Death penalty decision reveals his true colors

Austin Sarat
Presidential candidate and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis listens to his wife speak to a crowd on June 2, 2023 in Gilbert, South Carolina. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images)

Ron DeSantis suffers a stinging defeat in his war on woke

Austin Sarat
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