There is a precedent for Kevin McCarthy’s ouster in Weimar Germany.
In my new book ‘Democracy despite Itself’, forthcoming with @OUPLaw, I explore the implications of that precedent and how to defend democracy against internal enemies
Looking forward to Sam Moyn’s talk “Saving Liberalism from Crisis” tomorrow night at Yale-NUS College.
Details and how to register to attend (in person or by zoom) here: https://t.co/Rq6BB7bNJl
🗃️From our archives:
On #HolocaustRemembrance Day we share an article by @PeterVerovsek on how memory - especially in these dark times - is essential for democracy.
https://t.co/NBkyJiih4w
I’m grateful to Wendy Brown for offering such generous responses to the questions I posed in our interview—published today in The Nation: https://t.co/p89TCtpoqm
Quinta Jurecic on how Article 14.3 represents an early form of militant democracy. And how democracy needs mechanisms to restrict the rights of popular antidemocrats, unless we think democracy is just mob rule essentially. https://t.co/b9GXhaNjjw
A lot of interesting articles recently about the legitimacy of removing candidates from the ballot in a democracy. For example today by @AdamSerwer . https://t.co/7SQuPxsuuc
It draws inspiration from both the 1949 German Basic Law (their postwar constitution, designed to avoid a repeat of Hitler’s legal ascent to power) and 20th century normative political and legal theory.
There is a precedent for Kevin McCarthy’s ouster in Weimar Germany.
In my new book ‘Democracy despite Itself’, forthcoming with @OUPLaw, I explore the implications of that precedent and how to defend democracy against internal enemies