nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20201103-235507-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 201103s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20201103-235507-0 doi eng 342 23 Eijkelenberg, Ursus Author aut Rule of Judges, Rule over Judges, Rule by Judges Trump, the Law, and the Clash between Democracy and Juristocracy Eijkelenberg, Ursus Verfassungsblog 2020-11-03 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier There are numerous reasons why people feel anxious about the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Donald Trump seems more than willing to use the tools at hand to manipulate the democratic game to his own advantage and to use the law and courts to impact the election, to manipulate the democratic game, and to extend Trump’s political power beyond the 2020 presidential election. Judicial intervention has, however, a self-defeating potential in terms of legitimacy. Outlined here is the clash between democracy and juristocracy, and the potential it holds for a latent autocracy. funded by the government CC BY-SA 4.0 Donald Trump Juristocracy Presidential Elections Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/rule-of-judges-rule-over-judges-rule-by-judges/ raw object