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Today is Election Day and the polls are open across Illinois until 7 p.m. Fear is an animating force in American politics. For example, Democrats fear the consequences of Donald Trump’s potential reelection to the White House. Republicans fear whom they think Kamala Harris would and would not represent if she’s elected.

The Thirteenth Amendment provides, “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.” Professor Adam Davidson examines the Thirteenth Amendment’s Except Clause in his article, Administrative Enslavement.

A striking feature of US politics nowadays is the flight of “workers” – meaning non-professionals, usually blue-collar or clerical – from the Democratic Party. For many decades after the New Deal, the Democrats were the party that championed unions, workplace safety, and the minimum wage, and the Republicans were the champions of business.

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Participating faculty: Thomas J. Miles, Genevieve Lakier, Anup Malani, Jared I. Mayer, Mark N. Templeton, Michael A. Scodro

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