Alex Kirshner

Teach political theory at Duke, but from Chicago. Interested in legitimate opposition, militant democracy and other stuff.

[Alex Kirshner @ASKirshner]

Democrats can and should defend democracy. @clopezguerra1 and I make the case in this piece: https://t.co/Bey0AvopI7

[Alex Kirshner @ASKirshner]

By creating uncertainty about which way he (and other GOP senators) will vote on Trump's conviction, has Mitch McConnell created an incentive for Trump to rein in his behavior before the inauguration? Perhaps I am just seeing things.

[Alex Kirshner @ASKirshner]

Hear me pontificate about recent events:

Insurrection, Policing and Democracy | Media Briefing https://t.co/rQWnf9LRB3 via @YouTube

[Duke Law @DukeLaw]

📺 Watch live at 11AM: @DukeFirearmsLaw's Darrell Miller joins @DukeU scholars Adriane Lentz-Smith and Alex Kirshner (@ASKirshner) to discuss 'Insurrection, Policing and Democracy' in the wake of the DC Capitol riot. ⤵️

[Alex Kirshner @ASKirshner]

In the aftermath of this election, any efforts to meet our current crisis should be informed by a similar assumption and a similar commitment.

[Alex Kirshner @ASKirshner]

It seems important to keep in mind that democracies almost always feature antidemocrats. The problems we face are not foreign to our political system.

[Alex Kirshner @ASKirshner]

That assumption and the commitment to do something about it is what made the VRA a success.

[Arash Abi𝔃adeh @AAbizadeh]

Racial terrorism and coups in the USA

Overthrew a Biracial Government in 1898 | HISTORY https://t.co/NkNATdrQ5p

[Alex Kirshner @ASKirshner]

When I started working on how democracies should respond to antidemocrats one of my doctoral advisors worried that the topic lacked relevance. I wish he had been right.

[Alex Kirshner @ASKirshner]

I think today's events illustrate that Congress should have sought to remove Trump some time ago....

[Claudio López-Guerra @clopezguerra1]

.@ASKirshner and I wrote weeks ago that democracy requires Congress to "use this lame-duck period to impeach, convict and disqualify Donald Trump from pursuing public office in the future." Looks like many are starting to reach the same conclusion. https://t.co/rv1TvnAjqT

[Alex Kirshner @ASKirshner]

I think this is one of the most interesting choices that oppositions must make: participate in unfair elections or boycott. https://t.co/d2ifb3G36Q

[Alex Kirshner @ASKirshner]

This retweet is an endorsement (is that how this works?)

[The Guardian @guardian]

Donald Trump can – and should – be stopped from running in 2024 | Alexander Kirshner and Claudio López-Guerra https://t.co/CtBR9mOW5c

[Gabriel Negretto @NewBehemot]

Friends, I would like to share with you the article I wrote with @mstalanquer, "Constitutional Origins and Liberal Democracy: A Global Analysis, 1900-2015", forthcoming in American Political Science Review. The article is available in PDF form in my personal website.

[Claudio López-Guerra @clopezguerra1]

Democracy need not supply its enemies with the means to destroy it. Alexander Kirshner (@ASKirshner) and I wrote this piece for The Guardian. https://t.co/rv1TvnAjqT

[DukePoliticalScience @DukePoliSci]

Alex Kirshner's newest op-ed outlines how legitimate opposition and political rivalry makes the American political system work ⤵️
🔗 https://t.co/jYIGUJTCIf @thehill

[Alex Kirshner @ASKirshner]

Saving legitimate opposition https://t.co/vHQLxsT2Fc

[Alex Kirshner @ASKirshner]

This excellent tweet, by my good friend Claudio-López Guerra

[Claudio López-Guerra @clopezguerra1]

Saving legitimate opposition, by my good friend Alex Kirshner https://t.co/pi5AeVt3B4