Benjamin A. Schupmann
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Benjamin A. Schupmann
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Political theorist at Yale-NUS College. I work at the intersection of history of political thought and democratic theory.
Ended an evening run early because 99% humidity feels like 99, not 33. The sun hasn’t even been out today 🥵
March 10, 2024 at 11:00 AM
Looking forward to Sam Moyn’s talk “Saving Liberalism from Crisis” tomorrow night at Yale-NUS College.

Details and how to register to attend (in person or by zoom) here: www.eventbrite.com/e/yale-nus-l...
Yale-NUS Lecture on Global Affairs: Saving Liberalism from Crisis
Join us as Professor Samuel Moyn talks about Saving Liberalism from Crisis at the Yale-NUS College Hall on 7 March, 7:00 PM - 8:15 PM.
www.eventbrite.com
March 6, 2024 at 2:45 AM
Some recent thought-provoking work on militant democracy in the United States, related to section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
February 8, 2024 at 9:58 AM
Reposted by Benjamin A. Schupmann
For those susceptible to scotus’ gaslighting about how agencies are antidemocratic tyrants, I submit to you the following forthcoming shortly in Legal Theory
January 17, 2024 at 11:03 PM
Quinta Jurecic on how Article 14.3 represents an early form of militant democracy. And how democracy needs mechanisms to restrict the rights of popular antidemocrats, unless we think democracy is just mob rule essentially.
Critics argue that disqualifying Trump under the 14th Amendment is undemocratic. But the goal of Section 3 was itself to secure American democracy by preventing those who had already broken their oaths to the Constitution from doing even more damage. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
January 6 Is Exactly What the Fourteenth Amendment Was Talking About
And ignoring its clear dictate is a dangerous choice to make.
www.theatlantic.com
January 13, 2024 at 3:04 AM
There is a precedent for Kevin McCarthy’s ouster in Weimar Germany.

In my new book ‘Democracy despite Itself’, forthcoming with OUP, I explore the implications of that precedent and how to defend democracy against internal enemies
October 4, 2023 at 11:13 PM
Looking forward to being a part of THE German Studies Association’s 2023 Conference. I’ll be a part of the workshop on ‘Militant Democracy: Then and Now’. I’ll present a paper on Otto Kirchheimer and Militant Democracy
October 4, 2023 at 10:45 PM
This is the right answer
if they want to work with democrats to avoid chaos, there's a simple solution - a few republicans switch parties and give dems a majority
October 4, 2023 at 10:21 PM