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The blog of Hamline University professor David Schultz

Sunday, February 14, 2021

What’s an Impeachable Offense?  We Don’t Know and that is the Problem

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 After the 57-43 Senate acquittal of Donald Trump on the impeachment charge of inciting insurrection against the government we are constitut...
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Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Impeaching Trump Will not End the Pandemic

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 No question that Trump’s January 6, speech as well as other lies instigated  the storming of theCapitol.  No question this was wrong.  No q...
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Sunday, January 24, 2021

Stop the Zoom Testing! A Plea to the New Luddites

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Nearly a year into the pandemic we are all exhausted by the new routines of isolation and distance working, shopping, and education.  For me...
Saturday, January 16, 2021

The Use and Abuse of Polls as Predictive Tools

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The 2020 presidential election is finally over. Among the enduring stories of the election cycle was that the pollsters again got it wrong....
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Wednesday, January 13, 2021

Punishing Donald Trump: What Happens Next

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  The constitutional framers were right to be concerned about checking presidential power and devised several mechanisms to do that.  Dona...
Tuesday, January 12, 2021

George Floyd and the Fourth Racial Turning Point in American Politics

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 George Floyd’s death presented the United States with its fourth racial turning point. Whether or not America is ready to learn from his de...
Monday, January 4, 2021

Trump, Trumpism, and the Future of American Politics

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                 By the end of this week  Donald Trump will have had the worst seven days of his presidency.   The only week that will be wo...
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Professor in the political science department at Hamline University where he teaches classes in American politics, public policy and administration, and ethics. Schultz holds an appointment at the University of Minnesota law school and teaches election law, state constitutional law, and professional responsibility. He has authored/edited 30 books, 12 legal treatises, and more than 100 articles on topics including civil service reform, election law, eminent domain, constitutional law, public policy, legal and political theory, and the media and politics. In addition to 25+ years teaching, he has worked in government as a director of code enforcement and for a community action agency as an economic and housing planner.
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