Download This PaperHow Do We Solve a Problem Like the Donald?
25 Pages Posted: 29 Sep 2017
Date Written: September 27, 2017
Abstract
Political observers have debated whether and how to remove Donald J. Trump from the office of the presidency. This article explains the difficulties associated with both the Twenty-Fifth Amendment’s incapacity route and impeachment. These difficulties illuminate a larger underlying problem with American democracy that the Trump presidency both crystallizes and reinforces: the emergence of an energized core of political participants who unite around racialized identity and reject some core principles of democracy.
Keywords: Donald Trump, US Constitution
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Novkov, Julie L., How Do We Solve a Problem Like the Donald? (September 27, 2017). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3043736 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3043736
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