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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.

Ken Paxton and Clarence Thomas (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Clarence Thomas, Ken Paxton and Donald Trump: The corrupting influence of oligarchy

Austin Sarat, Dennis Aftergut
Former President Donald Trump arrives at the courtroom at the Manhattan Criminal Court in New York on April 4, 2023 before his hearing. (ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump indictment: Legal historian explains why this is exactly what the Founding Fathers had in mind

Austin Sarat
Activists are pushing back against what they call Rupert Murdoch's right-wing propaganda machine, as Fox News continues to spread misinformation about the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, and the January 6 insurrection. (Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Dominion lawsuit is only the beginning: We must demolish the Fox News propaganda machine

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

Trump’s attacks on prosecutors are ominous — but they won’t work

Dennis Aftergut, Austin Sarat
Marjorie Taylor Greene and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

From space lasers to civil war: Marjorie Taylor Greene’s long audition to be Trump’s running mate

Austin Sarat, Dennis Aftergut
Kay Ivey and Steve Marshall (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Alabama rushes to resume executions — but hasty “investigation” feels more like a cover-up

Austin Sarat
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

Austin Sarat
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

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)

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

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)

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

Austin Sarat
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?

Austin Sarat
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
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