Tag: 2020 US elections
Judges used to stay out of election disputes, but this year...
Austin Sarat, Amherst College
Throughout American history judges have generally tried to avoid getting involved in political questions, including litigation about elections. They followed Supreme...
Trump and Biden clash in chaotic debate – experts react on...
Alison Gash, University of Oregon; Alexander Cohen, Clarkson University, and Rashawn Ray, University of Maryland
President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden took...
Who formally declares the winner of the U.S. presidential election?
Amy Dacey, American University
With the U.S. presidential election rapidly approaching at a time of extraordinary political and social disruption, the possibility of an unclear...
Does 4 years of college make students more liberal?
Matthew J. Mayhew, The Ohio State University and Alyssa N. Rockenbach, North Carolina State University
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic...
If Trump refuses to accept defeat in November, the republic will...
Alexander Cohen, Clarkson University
During the 2016 presidential campaign, then-candidate Donald Trump refused to promise to accept the results of the election. Likewise, in 2020,...
What makes Donald Trump and John Wayne heroes of the Christian...
Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Calvin University
The Research Brief is a short take on interesting academic work.
The big idea
White evangelical support for Donald Trump has...
Yes, God can be hurt, but not in the way Trump...
Sameer Yadav, Westmont College and Helen De Cruz, Saint Louis University
President Trump claimed recently that the prospect of a Biden presidency would “hurt God.”
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Research on voting by mail says it’s safe – from fraud...
Edie Goldenberg, University of Michigan
As millions of Americans prepare to vote in November – and in many cases, primaries and state and local elections...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
