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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 Donald Trump holds an executive order establishing the Energy Dominance Council led by Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum in the Oval Office at the White House on February 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

A conservative judge makes the case: Time is running out on American democracy

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Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Melania Trump holds the Bible during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (MORRY GASH/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Countdown to April 20: Americans brace for Trump’s big decision

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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)

Pam Bondi’s push for the death penalty in Luigi Mangione’s case is not about justice

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U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio speaks to supporters at a campaign stop on the Keep Florida Free Tour at the Horsepower Ranch in Geneva. (Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Marco Rubio’s mission to root out students “making a ruckus” causes collateral damage

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President Donald Trump signs a series of executive orders at the White House on January 20, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Jabin Botsford /The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump’s executive order on voting is MAGA’s trojan horse

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

It’s not about the autopen — Trump is still obsessed with losing to Biden

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U.S. President Donald Trump (C) and Vice President JD Vance meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office at the White House on February 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Oval Office dustup shows the power of Trump’s hyper-public presidency

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

How Merrick Garland stymied one of Donald Trump’s day one executive orders before leaving office

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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

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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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