Is COVID-19 Hurting Global Democracy?

In countries like Hungary, authoritarian leaders' responses to coronavirus are eroding democracy. International law experts Kim Scheppele and Deborah Pearlstein detail the consequences in conversation with host Jeffrey Rosen in this week's episode.

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On This Day, Supreme Court Hears Loving Arguments

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Lee Surrenders at Appomattox

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As the coronavirus public health crisis continues, speculation has started that it could impede or even postpone this year’s presidential election. What does the Constitution say about such an unusual situation? Experts shed light on what happened with Wisconsin's primary elections this past week and how that may foreshadow what’s to come in this week’s We the People podcast, linked above. National Constitution Center Editor-in-Chief Scott Bomboy shares additional analysis in the blog post linked below.

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Does the Constitution Allow for a Delayed Presidential Election? Constitution Daily article

The 20th Amendment

"The terms of the President and the Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin. ..."

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