Special issue on Democratic Listening forthcoming @polcommjournal.bsky.social. 9 excellent articles using experimental, observational, & philosophical methods to study this key component of political comm. Check out the TOC + intro essay by Michael Neblo & myself: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

This logic reminds me of what some have guessed to be SCOTUS’s strategy with Trump: avoid a constitutional crisis and protect the authority of the constitution by not ruling against a lawless president.