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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.

Steve Scalise and Kevin McCarthy (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Republicans like to talk tough on crime — but they’re the ones with a real crime problem

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

A federal court holds Trump accountable for his abuse of the law: Here’s why that matters

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

Alabama Supreme Court clears the way for more cruelty in execution

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Rep.-elect Matt Gaetz (R-FL) talks to fellow members-elect during the second day of elections for Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 04, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

The danger to democracy revealed by dysfunction in the House

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

Lethal injection is a gruesome disaster: After 40 years of cruelty, enough is enough

Austin Sarat
Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Will Supreme Court aid the far right in enshrining minority rule? Constitution hangs by a thread

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

Alabama halts executions in a vain attempt to “fix” capital punishment: It can’t be done

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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)

Crime is a hot issue, but even Republicans don’t talk about the death penalty: That’s good news

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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)

Joe Biden and the death penalty: N.Y. terror case suggests he can’t make up his mind

Austin Sarat
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A federal prisoner’s gruesome and shameful mistreatment — and why it was all too typical

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People stand in line on the first day of early voting for the general election at the C.T. Martin Natatorium and Recreation Center on October 12, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Jessica McGowan/Getty Images)

Growing GOP voter challenges have a long history of keeping down the Black vote

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

Alabama’s death-row debacle: The state wanted to kill a man this week. But how?

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Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

A tsunami of dark money is flooding our justice system — and it’s only getting worse

Austin Sarat
Patrick Ryan, Democratic candidate for the New York 19th Congressional district, speaks during the special election candidate forum at the Roscoe Beer Co. in Roscoe, N.Y. on Thursday, August 18, 2022. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

It’s happening: Abortion rights and the threat to democracy are reshaping the midterms

Austin Sarat, Dennis Aftergut
Abortion rights advocates demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, DC, United States on December 01, 2021. (Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Kansas was just the beginning: Abortion-rights activists turn to states — and they’re winning

Austin Sarat
Donald Trump on the phone in the Oval Office (Getty Images/Alex Wong)

Trump’s invitation to Michigan lawmakers could now spark state and federal political crisis

Austin Sarat
Surrounded by members of law enforcement, U.S. President Donald Trump holds up an executive order he signed on “Safe Policing for Safe Communities” during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House June 16, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Trump’s law-and-order campaign relies on an American tradition of racist and anti-immigrant politics

Austin Sarat
Chief Justice John Roberts (Getty/Shutterstock)

Why the Supreme Court made Wisconsin vote during the coronavirus crisis

Austin Sarat
President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally at Williams Arena in Greenville, N.C., Wednesday, July 17, 2019. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Could President Trump be impeached and convicted — but also reelected?

Austin Sarat
(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Democrats turn a venerable legal tool into a declaration of war

Austin Sarat
Donald Trump; William Barr (Wikimedia/Getty/Photo Montage by Salon)

Nominating a crony, loyalist or old buddy for attorney general is a U.S. presidential tradition

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Why Nevada’s new lethal injection protocol is unethical

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(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Can Donald Trump actually pardon himself?

Austin Sarat

“A solid flame covered his whole head”: Botched executions and the horrific, inhumane history of the death penalty

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