The English Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 wasn’t an isolated outburst. Across medieval Europe, ordinary people challenged the authority of rulers who failed to live up to their end of the bargain.
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The Seven Mountains Mandate calls on Christians to gain influence, or ‘take dominion,’ over seven key areas of culture: religion, family, education, government, media, business and the arts.
It’s not yet clear whether Trump’s pardons will herald a period of national harmony – as past presidents hoped for – or more incidents of violence, as actually resulted.
Historically, it has been difficult to convict people of conspiring to overthrow the government or stop its normal functioning.
In 1966, the assertion of Black power was grounded in an appeal to the founding principles of the United States. Black church leaders called for healing internal divisions through engagement.
Haiti is descending into anarchy, causing the gang leader behind the violence to emerge as the country’s most powerful leader.
A retired federal judge examines the oral arguments the Supreme Court heard on a case in which Colorado has blocked former President Donald Trump from the ballot.
34 groups filed briefs with the Supreme Court in favor of keeping Donald Trump on the ballot, 30 favored disqualifying him as an insurrectionist, and 14 simply added legal information to the record.
Whatever its decision, the court risks once again being seen as politically partisan.
US law has long held that those who support rebels and insurrectionists are just as guilty of treason as those who support foreign enemies.
The first shoe has dropped in the Supreme Court’s process of considering whether Donald Trump is eligible to be president.
The US Supreme Court faces a case with huge repercussions for the 2024 presidential election – and American democracy. An election law scholar explains why.
Social media allows a political leader to direct the behavior of political movements, including engaging in violence and insurrection.
A historian and legal scholar of a key part of the US Constitution explains what happens now that the Colorado Supreme Court has ruled Trump cannot be on the state’s presidential ballots.
Colorado’s Supreme Court has removed Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 presidential ballot. A scholar of constitutional law explains why.
US law actually bars former President Donald Trump from holding office ever again. The recent Georgia indictment of Trump helps make the case.
Before there was Jack Smith, there was the House January 6 committee. Its work and findings may provide a hint about what new charges Smith might lodge against former President Donald Trump.
Pat Robertson, founder of the global Christian Broadcasting Network, blended religion into American politics and played an important role in the Republican Party.
The founder of a violent anti-government group has been sent to prison for seditious conspiracy. Experts explain what that means.
The Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Congress means Trump’s European allies need to carefully gauge their support for him.
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Director of Research, Academic Development and Innovation at the Center on Terrorism, Extremism and Counterterrorism, Middlebury College
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University System of Maryland Regents Professor of Law, University of Maryland
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Associate Professor of Law, Quinnipiac University
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Associate Professor of Law, Arizona State University
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Professor of Law, Harvard University
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