Legitimate political discourse! Seven people died in connection with the attack, 140 police officers were hurt and 734 people have been prosecuted on charges ranging up to seditious conspiracy.

Legitimate political discourse is based on persuasion, not coercion or violence. Two scholars of communication and democracy explain the difference. Sign in or Subscribe See Offers ...

Instead, legitimacy has been negotiated behind closed doors between dynastic political parties and non-democratic forces, driving the creation, collapse, and renegotiation of the social contract.

That doesn’t make the current President’s comments about 2022 wise. To begin with, every contemporary and historical marker of political conditions points toward a fair and legitimate ...

George W. Bush faced the stolen election legitimacy trope for years. It was widely touted at the 2004 DNC convention, it limited W's room for maneuver in office and kicked off the modern anti ...

Monkey Cage The RNC called the Jan. 6 events ‘legitimate political discourse.’ What does that even mean? Democracy can accommodate disruptive protests — but not coercive attacks ...

Polarization has been part of American politics since the beginning, but this year it went into overdrive and turned into questions of legitimacy for our democracy, a far more dangerous scenario.

The United States is undergoing a crisis of legitimacy. Like other such crises, today’s crisis could destroy the system it threatens, with devastating consequences for America and the world.

The U.S. Supreme Court's legitimacy could be imperiled if Americans come to view its members as trying to impose personal preferences on society, liberal Justice Elena Kagan said on Wednesday in ...

So we should all stand up and say “I am the United States, and I have a crisis of political legitimacy.” James V. DeLong is the author of Ending ‘Big SIS’ (The Special Interest State) and ...

And, “Is seditious conspiracy legitimate political discourse?” Because the leader of the far right Oath Keepers and 10 others, all with ties to the Jan. 6 insurrection, ...

Internal party democracy is a crucial aspect of a healthy political system. Promoting democratic practices within parties is essential for strengthening democracy, enhancing party legitimacy, and ...