Supreme Court to decide on whether Trump's voting-by-mail rules can go into effect – but might not rule yet on whether they're constitutional - John E. Jones III, Dickinson College

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What comes next for the 1 million people who have lost – or will soon lose – Temporary Protected Status -- Jean Lantz Reisz, University of Southern California

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What we forget when we remember 9/11 -- Stephanie A. (Sam) Martin, Boise State University

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25 years after 9/11, what disasters reveal about Americans' ability to reconnect -- Tonya Cross Hansel, University of Texas at Arlington

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From the Freedom Caucus to the democratic socialists, small groups inside parties can wreak havoc with leaders' agenda in Congress -- SoRelle Wyckoff Gaynor, University of Virginia and Charlie Hunt, Boise State University

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Labor votes: Discontent will accompany blue‑collar voters to the polls in the midterms -- Robert Forrant, UMass Lowell

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The false and the furious: We aren't just bothered by different beliefs – we're bothered when we think others are wrong -- Andras Molnar, University of Michigan and George Loewenstein, Carnegie Mellon University

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Texas prosecutors are calling a teenage shooting spree 'terrorism' – the case could reshape American criminal law -- Art Jipson, University of Dayton

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Is withholding federal counterterrorism funds from states – as FEMA has threatened – legal? -- Austin Sarat, Amherst College

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When can a power company take your land for data center infrastructure? -- Aaron Walayat, University of Dayton

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Mail ballot mirages aren't fraud, but mail ballot fraud isn't a complete myth -- Andrew E. Busch, University of Tennessee

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After 1776, the founders designed a government that accounts for 'a degree of depravity in mankind' -- Donovan Fifield, University of South Carolina

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As lawmakers politicize the 250th anniversary, Americans are looking for unity over division -- Tatishe Nteta, UMass Amherst and Adam Eichen, UMass Amherst

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As the US turns 250, a forgotten founding influence helps explain its current unease -- Robert A. Ballingall, University of Maine

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I study the Declaration of Independence, and here's why the colonists' grievances are surprisingly relevant, 250 years later -- Robert Parkinson, Binghamton University, State University of New York

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