Prosecuting Trump for Incitement Would Set a Dangerous Precedent
Unlike the cancellation of Josh Hawley’s book, such criminal charges pose a real threat to freedom of speech.
Unlike the cancellation of Josh Hawley’s book, such criminal charges pose a real threat to freedom of speech.
The impeachment article against the president cites a little-discussed section of the 14th Amendment.
Dominion Voting Systems, the focus of the former Trump campaign lawyer's conspiracy theory, is seeking $1.3 billion from her for defamation.
Laws against sedition have historically been used by insecure officials to punish critics.
The lawmakers who passed A.B. 5 ignored the many benefits of contractor status.
Trump attorney Kurt Hilbert claimed he had reached settlement agreements with state officials, which was news to them.
Now more than ever, it’s important to separate feelings of anger from the needs of justice.
Under federal law, incitement to riot does not include "advocacy of ideas" or "expression of belief" unless it endorses violence, which Trump did not do.
Trump deserves to be remembered for what his words and actions have shown him to be.
Condemns “violence, lawlessness, and mayhem” by his supporters at the Capitol.
The senator is a performer and nothing more.
Instead of coming for campus speakers, they came for the symbolic heart of democratic self-governance.
When people are no longer willing to lose at the polls, it’s time to make elections less important.
Cruz plunged into the constitutional abyss while Rand Paul stepped back, refusing to sacrifice democracy and the rule of law.
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The usually rote process was marred by President Donald Trump's conspiracy theories and a Republican attempt to thwart the outcome, but the result is now official.
The president's weak pleading has done little to mollify demonstrators currently storming the Capitol.
Trump said the "Save America March" would be peaceful, but his apocalyptic rhetoric had predictable consequences.
The warning came a bit too late.
“This is banana republic crap we’re watching happen right now.”
What I saw from the grounds of the U.S. Capitol building.
Pence had been presiding over the tally of Electoral College votes before rioters broke into the Capitol Building, forcing him to flee.
The Biden administration has just delivered its first disappointment to criminal justice reform advocates.
The vice president can no longer avoid acknowledging Joe Biden's victory.
When one party controls both Congress and the White House, the result is never a reduction in the size or cost of government.
It's a nailbiter as Kelly Loeffler appears headed for defeat, while David Perdue barely hangs on. The control of the Senate is at stake.
The electoral votes will soon be counted. Not everyone will do their duty.
The incoming president can bring some much-needed professional diversity to the federal bench.
The president seems completely sincere, and he surrounds himself with advisers who reinforce his self-flattering fantasy.
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Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) called his colleagues' bluff yesterday.
No, the vice president does not have the power to reject validly appointed electors.
To alleviate "deep distrust of our democratic processes," the Texas senator is leading a doomed challenge to Joe Biden's electoral votes.
He and other GOP senators supporting his bid to reject certification of the 2020 election result ignore the fact that courts have already addressed the issues they raise.
Lin Wood's bizarre charges give you a sense of the advisers Trump is consulting as he continues to insist that he won the presidential election.
The Missouri senator does not explicitly endorse Trump's loony conspiracy theory, but he can't escape its taint.
Maybe voters were repelled by the very traits he has been vividly displaying since the election.
Louis Gohmert asserts a previously overlooked power to decide which electoral votes will be counted.
The Trump-friendly paper says the president should stop "cheering for an undemocratic coup" and focus on the GOP's political interests.
Fortunately, 2020 is nearly at an end. Unfortunately, its events will leave one hell of a mark on the years to come.
Aaron Reynolds is just trying to make people laugh, but his content may have been flagged on Instagram for interfering with the election.
Trump thinks the judiciary cannot be trusted to reveal the massive fraud that he says denied him a second term.
On Christmas Eve, the Seventh Circuit rejected the Trump campaign's attempt to challenge the Wisconsin election results.
Federal judges have been underwhelmed by the former Trump campaign lawyer's evidence of massive election fraud.
Eric Coomer says the claim that he bragged about fixing the election during an "antifa conference call" provoked a torrent of abuse and death threats.
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