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<title><![CDATA[Austin Sarat - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/29084.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Austin Sarat]]></description><category domain="29084">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The Problem With Supreme Court Expansion Threats]]></title>
							<link>https://www.ms.now/opinion/jim-clyburn-expand-supreme-court-plan</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Austin Sarat</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats suggesting that the Supreme Court be expanded from nine justices to 13 are wasting time and energy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[SCOTUS' Takedown of American Democracy Is Complete]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/12/supreme-court-citizens-united-voting</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Austin Sarat</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Since the Citizens United decision of 2010, the justices have dismantled Americans'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' voices. The only solution is at the ballot box]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is the Era of Corporate Responsibility Over?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/19/trump-ben-and-jerrys</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Austin Sarat</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Jerry himself has left the ice-cream company, alleging it had been silenced. He'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s yet another casualty of corporate kowtowing]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Judge Chides Trump on LA--and Warns Us]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2025/09/04/federal-judge-tears-into-trump-on-la-and-warns-the-rest-of-us/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Austin Sarat</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Like Paul Revere before him, Judge Charles Breyer has raised the alarm about what's coming]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Must Not Ignore How People Feel About Crime]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/25/trump-is-wrong-about-crime-but-right-about-the-fear-of-it</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Austin Sarat</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The deployment of the national guard in Washington ignores the data. But Democrats must not ignore how people feel]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Attack on Obama Is Predictable, Not Acceptable]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/25/trump-says-obama-committed-treason-this-is-alice-in-wonderland-style-justice</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Austin Sarat</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The president's claims against his predecessor turn long-held ideals of American justice on their head]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[To Defeat Trump, the Left Must Learn From Him]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/20/to-defeat-trump-the-left-must-learn-from-him</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Austin Sarat</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Six months into his second term, the president has been disastrous for democracy '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' but extraordinarily politically adept]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Return to the Constitutional Horrors of Dred Scott]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/5376627-supreme-court-universal-injunctions-ruling/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Austin Sarat</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In ordinary times, someone could read the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Supreme Court'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s decision'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' on the legality of so-called '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'universal injunctions'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' as just the latest example of an old dispute: the proper way to interpret the Constitution and the jurisdiction of federal courts. Justice'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Amy...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Owning the Libs Is Now Policy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2025/06/02/how-progressive-critics-paved-the-way-for-trumps-on-judicial-supremacy/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Austin Sarat</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The perils of opposition party politics come back to bite]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Leo's Deep Ties to SCOTUS a Problem for Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-judges-federalist-society-leonard-leo-rcna209993</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Austin Sarat</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The president attacked the Federalist Society and its co-founder Leonard Leo, a key adviser to Trump on judicial nominations during his first term.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Harvard Draws the Legal Blueprint for How To Fight Back]]></title>
							<link>https://www.yahoo.com/news/harvard-draws-legal-blueprint-fight-085627946.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Austin Sarat</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The legal system in this country has long prided itself on'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' supplying'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' justice in a measured way. Government officials are required to abide by an elaborate set of procedures before they can impose penalties on anyone. But all that seems to have fallen by the wayside in the second'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It's Not About Biden's Autopen]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2025/03/18/its-not-about-the-autopen--is-still-obsessed-with-losing-to-biden/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Austin Sarat</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The right's newest conspiracy theory is all about Trump's unending desire to relitigate past losses]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Clearly Thinks Trump Isn't Bluffing]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/joe-biden-clearly-thinks-donald-trump-isn-t-bluffing/ar-AA1xzptN</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Austin Sarat</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The end of Joe Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s presidency on Monday was extraordinary in many ways. Among them, nothing was more extraordinary than his use of the president'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s power to grant pardons and reprieves]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why a Pardon for Hunter Biden Is a Gift for Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/hunter-biden-joe-pardon-gift-trump-rcna182443</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Austin Sarat</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hunter's pardon is a gift to Donald Trump, and a blow to whatever confidence Americans continue to have in our political and legal institutions.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In Her Closing Message, Harris Pledges To Fight]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4961554-harris-delivers-powerful-closing-argument/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Austin Sarat</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Kamala Harris'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' delivered a compelling'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' closing argument'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' last night before a crowd of 75,000 on the Washington Ellipse. At the site of Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' insurrection-inciting speech'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' on Jan. 6, 2021, she forcefully laid out the theory of her case. The vice president artfully wove...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Weaponizing Assassination Attempts for Political Gain]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2024/10/09/weaponizing-tragedy-for-political-capital-donald-trumps-assassination-attempts-fuel-maga/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Austin Sarat</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What Donald Trump is doing is as dangerous as it is unprecedented in American history]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Says He&rsquo;s a Defender of Democracy. America Disagrees]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4746169-biden-democracy-campaign-trump/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Austin Sarat</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Biden has made preserving and protecting American democracy a central issue in his campaign for re-election. He regularly'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' offers himself as democracy'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s true champion'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and argues that electing his opponent,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Donald Trump,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' would mean the end of democracy in this...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[3 Challenges for Biden at the Debate]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2024/06/26/3-answers-to-the-most-challenging-debate-questions-for-joe-biden/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Austin Sarat</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Joe Biden will be peppered with tough questions at Thursday's first debate against Donald Trump]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bring SOTU Biden to the Debate Stage]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2024/06/25/first-debate-a-chance-for-biden-to-finish-the-smackdown-he-started-during-state-of-the-union/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Austin Sarat</author>
							<description><![CDATA[3 zingers Biden should hammer at Thursday's debate]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Crisis of Confidence in Higher Education]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/education/4670712-thehill-com-opinion-education-4670712-student-protests-higher-education-crisis-of-confidence/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Austin Sarat</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Another day, another no-confidence vote for a university president. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Courts Will Not Save Us From Donald Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/4539082-the-courts-will-not-save-us-from-donald-trump/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Austin Sarat</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP's Phony Impeachment Will Backfire]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2023/09/15/gops-phony-impeachment-will-backfire--and-mccarthy-will-pay-the-price/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 16 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Austin Sarat</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz and their Freedom Caucus allies, along with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, announced an evidence-free impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden. They were doing what members of the MAGA cult do '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' taking their marching orders'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Furor Over Supreme Court May Be Key to Biden's Reelection]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/4082447-furor-over-the-supreme-court-could-be-the-key-to-bidens-reelection/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Austin Sarat</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When Biden campaigns, he should remind Americans what is at stake when the court sets itself up against the modern conditions of democracy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Clarence Thomas, Ken Paxton, Donald Trump and the Sick GOP]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2023/06/02/clarence-thomas-ken-paxton-and-donald-trump-the-corrupting-influence-of-oligarchy/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Austin Sarat</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Clarence Thomas and Ken Paxton's high-end corruption isn't about a few]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Leaders Want To Further Damage America's Institutions]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/3929314-after-trump-indictment-we-need-leaders-to-stand-up-for-america-where-is-gerald-ford-when-we-need-him/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Austin Sarat</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Most of today's Republican leaders seem bent rather on doing further injury to America's already damaged institutions.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Ominous Attacks on Prosecutors Won't Work]]></title>
							<link>https://www.salon.com/2023/03/29/on-prosecutors-are-ominous--but-they-wont-work/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Austin Sarat</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump continues to escalate the intimidation and violent threats. None of that will save him from prosecution]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[SCOTUS Delivers Rare Victory for Death Row Inmate]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/3874044-supreme-court-delivers-rare-victory-for-death-row-inmate-the-chance-to-spend-rest-of-his-life-behind-bars/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Austin Sarat</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A majority of Americans now favor life without parole sentences for people convicted of murder.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jackson's Nomination About Much More Than Race]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/596500-who-the-judge-is-matters-but-not-always-the-way-people-think</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Austin Sarat</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A great judge is the sum of many parts: intelligence, commitment to the rule of law, experience, temperament, ability to work well with others, persuasiveness. Add to those qualities the ability to empathically understand others.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Progressives Should Resist Temptation to Imitate&nbsp;Texas Law]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/585878-why-progressives-should-resist-temptation-to-imitate-texas-law</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Austin Sarat</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The last thing the U.S. needs is a proliferating set of copy-cat assaults on our constitutional order.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why the Biden Administration Must Protect the Press]]></title>
							<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/558498-why-the-biden-administration-must-protect-the-press-even-when-it-exposes</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Austin Sarat</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Justice Hugo Black said democracy can thrive only if it can keep citizens informed about what the government most wants to hide from them.]]></description>
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