Tom Ginsburg and Aziz Huq Discuss Political Prosecutions and American Democracy on Podcast
Could Prosecuting the Former President be Bad for American Democracy?
Some countries have fallen into a toxic cycle of tit-for-tat prosecutions, where every ex-president has to expect they’ll eventually end up behind bars. Could the U.S. be next? Two constitutional experts warn that some of the criminal cases against Donald Trump could cause cycles of retribution that poison our politics. And why our saving grace just might be — get this — government bureaucracy.
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