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Trump’s talk of seeking to ‘weaponize’ the DoJ and ‘retribution’ for opponents poses a direct threat to the rule of law and democracy in the US should he win a second term, experts say

From the blog of Alex Rose at The Times of Israel

Far-right and crackpot minorities are imposing their tyranny on the majority, protected by counter-majoritarian democracy

Disqualifying Rahul Gandhi within 26 hours of the Surat court’s verdict was an act as much in indecent haste as it was not in good faith.

For the US to continue to play the global leadership role, it must act fast

Maryland’s Andy Harris loves the Hungarian strongman. Maybe what his father did during WWII helps explain some things.

A crash course on Plato's Republic.

Brazil’s far-right president claims that leftwing rival Lula will repress clergy like Ortega but so far with little apparent success

Hundreds of federal judges face the same task every day: review an affidavit submitted by federal agents and approve requests for a search warrant. But for

Threats against the judge who approved the search warrant for former President Trump's Florida resort are the latest sign of a judiciary branch in the political crosshairs.