Michael K. Miller

Professor of Political Science & DGS @GWtweets. Run @authwarning. Study democratization, autocracy, and democratic survival. Author of Shock to the System.

[Michael K. Miller @mkmdem]

After 8 years, it's finally done. I'm thrilled to announce my book, Shock to the System: Coups, Elections, and War on the Road to Democratization, is coming out at @PrincetonUPress. I promise it will make you think about democratization in a new way. /1 https://t.co/jH9D4L9RN0

[Michael K. Miller @mkmdem]

@BrendanNyhan Earlier this year. But things change so rapidly, that assessment might be out of date.

[Michael K. Miller @mkmdem]

I don't think this VP trick is constitutional. The 12th Amendment says if you're not eligible for Pres, you're not eligible for VP (clearly talking about elections). But if GOP controls the House after 2028, they could elect Trump Speaker, then have Pres + VP resign.

[Blue Georgia @BlueGeorgia]

Trump and his cronies have openly mused about "workarounds" to a third term.

Jeffrey Rosen: The literal text would allow the president to run as someone else's vice president, get elected, then have the president resign, and then he could take the office by succession rather than election.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Trump: "A lot of people are saying maybe we'd like a dictator."

[Michael K. Miller @mkmdem]

@WSOPNick Damn, 3 of 4 in the money is some epic shit.

[Michael K. Miller @mkmdem]

@WSOPNick Crazy bad luck at the end there, but you did amazing!

[Michael K. Miller @mkmdem]

@WSOPNick You're a monster, Nick. Send them your measurements for a ring.

[Michael K. Miller @mkmdem]

@WSOPNick You're killing it

[Michael K. Miller @mkmdem]

@WSOPNick You killed it! Great result.

[Michael K. Miller @mkmdem]

@WSOPNick WSOP Go Go Go!

[Michael K. Miller @mkmdem]

@laderafrutal Wow, really appreciate it. Means a lot coming from you!

[Matthew S. Shugart @laderafrutal]

I don’t always stay up to date (hey, I retired in 2020), but sometimes when I catch up, I’m amazed at what I read. This book is an absolute tour de force!

@mkmdem is correct here: the book has made me think of democratization in a new way.

[Michael K. Miller @mkmdem]

@Subtruth2 @10651Citizen @charlesmurray Yes, their focus is on health research, which they are very good at. If you need to be outraged because the NIH is too protective of private medical data, then you do you.

[Michael K. Miller @mkmdem]

Most people seem to be missing the immediate point of Trump's exec order on birthright citizenship, which is to enable the deportation of everyone in an immigrant family *including children* & to ignore citizenship claims. If courts act, it will be w/ delay & it's already done.

[Adam Schiff @SenAdamSchiff]

"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."

Written right there in the Constitution.

The President cannot change that with the stroke of a pen.