Loss of Supreme Court legitimacy can lead to political violence

By Matthew Hall, Professor of Constitutional Studies, Political Science and Law, University of Notre Dame
Joseph Daniel Ura, Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Department of Political Science, Clemson University

Americans are gearing up to celebrate the Fourth of July, and their thoughts are most likely on how many hot dogs to buy for the cookout and whether a family member needs to go stake out a good spot to watch the parade and fireworks.

While the holiday is focused on revelry, July Fourth actually commemorates a solemn moment in the country’s history, when it declared independence from the colonial power Great Britain. The institutions of government imagined by the founders and their successors over the following…

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