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Germany: Trump in the Right?

Mallory Matsumoto - April 13, 2025. Published in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

The American president clearly doesn’t think much of the international order or of judges who hold him back.

U.K.: The Guardian View on Attacks on Lawyers: Democracies Must Stand up for Justice

Lalatendu Das - April 1, 2025. Published in The Guardian

The Trump administration turns on lawyers and judges as part of its broader assault on the institutions of U.S. democracy.

Germany: Trump’s Tactics Pay Off

Mallory Matsumoto - March 26, 2025. Published in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

[The voter's mandate]t does not give [Trump] the right to destroy everything that politicians have spent decades building to appease a sick need for vengeance.

France: The Danger of an Imperial Presidency

Lalatendu Das - February 13, 2025. Published in Le Monde

The balance of power imposed by Donald Trump since Jan. 20 is designed to reshape the architecture of American institutions.

Germany: A Dangerous Path

Michael Stehle - July 11, 2024. Published in Die Tageszeitung

[I]t is almost certain that Donald Trump will not have to stand trial on charges that he tried to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

Taiwan: America’s Courts, Swinging between the Left and the Right

Jennifer Sampson - June 2, 2024. Published in The Merit Times

Malta: What Makes a Leader in Turbulent Times?

Lalatendu Das - July 4, 2023. Published in Times of Malta

There is a fascinating synergy between the behaviors of Trump, [Boris] Johnson and [Joseph] Muscat.

South Africa: Trump’s Humiliation Sparks Real Unity among Christians

Lalatendu Das - April 15, 2023. Published in Pretoria News

For the first time in human history, whites, Blacks, and others are united in spirit and will in their belief that Trump stands for good.

U.A.E.: Wild Abortion Rulings to Private Jet Freebies: Why Do US Judges Have Such Bad Judgment?

Lalatendu Das - April 15, 2023. Published in The National

In reality, the Democrats, winning election after election, are rapidly emerging as the epicenter of national power.

Israel: Johnny Depp-Amber Heard Trial Shows How Truth Shines Through

Lalatendu Das - June 19, 2022. Published in The Jerusalem Post

[The jurors] awarded victory to Depp, who seemed to have no chance as a man, a powerful man, to win.

Canada: American Courts vs. Women

Reg Moss - December 14, 2021. Published in La Presse

[W]e can take nothing for granted ... even our most dearly held rights are not irreversible.

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