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What 1860 and 1968 can teach America about the 2020 presidential election

  • Written by Austin Sarat, Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
What 1860 and 1968 can teach America about the 2020 presidential electionPeople watch the second of two Democratic presidential primary debates at Shaw's Tavern in Washington, D.C., July 31, 2019. AP/Andrew Harnik

Fresh evidence of the nastiness and divisiveness of the 2020 presidential election emerges every day.

President Trump has let loose a storm of invective over Twitter about various African American public...

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