The United States has a long and storied history of presidential election results being contested.
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The majority of Americans support TV coverage of former President Donald Trump’s trial on charges he attempted to overturn the 2020 election.
Donald Trump’s trial for his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election will promote accountability – but could this show trial have a dangerous outcome, too?
Like all criminal defendants, Trump will enjoy the protection that a jury will offer from abuse by government prosecutors.
The arrest of a former American president is unprecedented, but the nation’s founders anticipated the day would come.
Coverage of the House Jan. 6 hearings focuses on what went wrong that led up to Trump supporters’ laying siege to the US Capitol. A government scholar looks at what went right, both then and now.
Five of the six disputed presidential elections in US history were resolved and the country moved on – but one ended in civil war. What will happen if the 2020 election is contested?
Five of the six contested presidential elections in U.S. history were resolved and the country moved on – one ended in civil war. What will happen if the upcoming election is contested?
Throughout the course of American history, peaceful transitions of power have been the result of choices made by individuals, not the U.S. political system. What does that mean if Trump loses in 2020?
A philosopher argues that Trumpism may have vulgarized electoral politics, but he has also unwittingly illuminated brilliantly one of America’s greatest accomplishments: a civil democracy
In America’s past, efforts by disadvantaged citizens to secure greater political influence have been met with violent repression.
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Clarkson University
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Foundation Professor of Law and Political Science, Arizona State University
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University College Fellow in Early American History, University of Toronto
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Director of the Brechner Freedom of Information Project, College of Journalism and Communications, University of Florida
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William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
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Associate Professor of Law, Arizona State University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, UMass Amherst
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Professor of History, Grinnell College
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Professor of Philosophy, Acting Director of the Rock Ethics Institute, and Affiliate Professor in the School of International Affairs, Penn State