Jimmy Carter Archives

Secular Democrats are on the rise

Brian Schaffner and Stephen Ansolabehere - October 29, 2025

Fewer Democrats identify as religious. That’s creating tension with Black voters.

2024’s big surprises in Middle Eastern politics

Brent E. Sasley - January 6, 2025

Nasrallah’s end, Netanyahu’s warrant, and Assad’s fall.

Good to Know: U.S. war powers

Andrew Rudalevige - February 22, 2024

Does the president or Congress have the power to go to war?

Good to Know: Hostage taking and the rise in hostage diplomacy

Danielle Gilbert - January 17, 2024

Media stories spotlight the high stakes – and the pressure to bring hostages home.

In Memoriam: Charles O. Jones

Sarah Binder, Mark Rozell, Kathryn Tenpas, and Russell L. Riley - January 12, 2024

Chuck helped us understand the promise and limits of power in the U.S. constitutional system.

Could a GOP president take over independent government agencies?

Andrew Rudalevige - November 7, 2023

Here's what the law actually says.

Biden will visit Israel during a war. That’s unprecedented.

Elizabeth N. Saunders - October 17, 2023

The humanitarian crisis and escalation fears heighten uncertainty.

Biden’s broad marijuana pardon has precedents

Andrew Rudalevige - October 7, 2022

In some ways, it looks like Jimmy Carter’s amnesty for Vietnam War draft dodgers

Presidents can’t declassify documents with Green Lantern superpowers

Andrew Rudalevige and Kenneth Mayer - August 18, 2022

Let’s look at the many, many holes in Donald Trump’s theory of executive power.

Republican senators used racially coded language to question Ketanji Brown Jackson. There’s history to that.

Sharon Wright Austin - March 28, 2022

Compare that to the language senators used to grill Constance Baker Motley in 1966, slowing down her confirmation as the first Black female federal judge.