Autocrats make absurd legal arguments plausible.

We are all being forced to seriously entertain the notion that the president can execute his political enemies.

Not a single justice on the Supreme Court should accept this wildly unconstitutional, authoritarian idea.

Trump Is Wrong. The Pardon Power is Not 'Absolute.' thebulwark.com/p/trump-pardon…

'A new report from our organization, Protect Democracy, assesses which kinds of pardons would, in fact, 'offend the Constitution' and therefore be impermissible.' ICYMI Grant Tudor and Amanda Carpenter: thebulwark.com/p/trump-pardon…

As president, Trump supercharged the pardon power as a tool for self-dealing, and if re-elected, he would almost certainly escalate his abuses. But there are, in fact, legal arguments against it. Grant Tudor and Amanda Carpenter on the pardon power: thebulwark.com/p/trump-pardon…

NEW: The pardon power remains ripe for abuse by authoritarian-minded executives. In our new report, we review the constitutional boundaries of the power—and the tools available to fortify them. protectdemocracy.org/work/checking-…

A big, simple idea to avoid chaos in the House, pulling from other democracies' multiparty legislatures -- by cerin Lee Drutman ⚙️🏛 and Robert Oldham. politico.com/news/magazine/…

ICYMI: oscar pocasangre of Political Reform and Grant Tudor
of Protect Democracy discuss why Argentina's Milei wants a US-style electoral system.

☑️ Read the Foreign Policy piece: bit.ly/493zKLu

In case you missed it: my Foreign Policy piece with Grant Tudor on why Argentina's Milei wants a US-style electoral system.

foreignpolicy.com/2024/02/28/arg…

Javier Milei’s economic reforms are a pretext for consolidating power, Grant Tudor and Oscar Pocasangre argue. foreignpolicy.com/2024/02/28/arg…

'In democracy after democracy, multiparty coalitions have been instrumental as a bulwark against authoritarianism,' write Grant Tudor & oscar pocasangre. Proportional representation makes multiparty politics possible, so some autocrats are turning against it. foreignpolicy.com/2024/02/28/arg…

New from me & oscar pocasangre. Would-be autocrat Javier Milei is borrowing ideas from the U.S. on how to consolidate power. ⬇️

Important new piece from oscar pocasangre Grant Tudor

There are big solutions out there! And that don't require constitutional amendments, like proportional representation. Check out this Dan Balz column featuring proposals by Beau Tremitiere Lee Drutman ⚙️🏛 myself & others ⬇️

NEW: 'The current winner-take-all system magnifies the advantages of the majority party and punishes the minority party,' writes Dan Balz. Read his exploration of reforms w/the potential to strengthen democracy, which quotes PD's Grant Tudor & Beau Tremitiere: washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/…

.Judiciary-unofficial issued subpoenas yesterday, escalating its SCOTUS Updates ethics inquiry. Billionaire Harlan Crow claims he's being 'bullied.'

He's legally obligated to comply anyway, from my Protect Democracy colleague Anne Harden Tindall & me: slate.com/news-and-polit…

Leonard Leo and Harlan Crow have vowed to fight their Senate Judiciary Committee subpoenas.

Grant Tudor and Anne Harden Tindall write that while Leo may feel that the inquiry is ill-intentioned and Crow may feel bullied, they are still legally obliged to comply.

justsecurity.org/90399/leonard-…

'Although presidential pardons are often controversial, Trump created an entirely new class: what Protect Democracy categorizes as 'henchmen pardons.''

Read more from Amanda Carpenter & me here on likely abuses of the pardon power in a 2nd Trump term: protectdemocracy.org/work/understan…

WATCH: Amanda Carpenter explains Trump's “henchmen pardons” & the 3 categories of this new class of pardons that threaten to create a license for future political violence if Trump is reelected.

Read more on this from Amanda and Grant Tudor here:
🔗 protdem.org/3NaGRtB

'Although presidential pardons are often controversial, Trump created an entirely new class'

NEW: Amanda Carpenter & Grant Tudor explain the license for future law-breaking Trump created that we're calling “henchmen pardons.”
protectdemocracy.org/work/understan…

Political violence has consequences, and law enforcement can be held accountable for turning a blind eye.