Chris Christie Tried To Break Trump's Hold on the GOP. It Didn't Work.
The former New Jersey governor was the only candidate in the Republican primary field with the courage to attack former President Donald Trump.
The former New Jersey governor was the only candidate in the Republican primary field with the courage to attack former President Donald Trump.
How do the Iowa caucuses work? The fact that people have to ask every four years shows why this tradition should end.
As one appeals court judge pointed out, Trump's defense could literally let a president get away with murder.
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"Insurrection" and "rebellion" should not be conflated. But the events of January 6 readily meet the criteria for both.
The justices will hear the case on an expedited schedule, and could potentially consider all the issues it raises.
Schools are already bad enough for kids. Let's not make it worse by taking tips from the people who've insisted you take your shoes off at the airport for 20 years.
DeSantis says the new, single tax rate would mean "lower taxes for everyone" but that only demonstrates that he hasn't thought too deeply about how a flat tax would work.
His Supreme Court petition raises serious questions about how to interpret and apply Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
Plus: State officials attempt to ban Donald Trump from 2024 election ballots.
Letting state officials determine whether a candidate has "engaged in insurrection" opens a huge can of worms.
The weird story of Victor Berger, the Espionage Act, and "Shoeless" Joe Jackson.
Maine's Secretary of State ruled that Trump is ineligible for the presidency. The Michigan Supreme Court refused to reconsider a lower court ruling allowing Trump to remain on the GOP primary ballot, because state law doesn't limit primary ballot access to allow only candidates eligible for the office they seek.
My response to conservative political commentator Conn Carroll's argument on this issue.
The fourth-place GOP presidential candidate asserts the existence of "clear evidence" of "entrapment," without providing any.
The year's highlights in blame shifting.
And there's still time left in 2023, the way things are going lately in New York.
The reason is a combination of the general structure of our legal system and the original meaning of Section 3.
Watch Florida's Hispanic communities for clues about the 2024 election.
Police officers already are routinely indemnified, and suing them for abuse is much harder than Trump claims.
The Colorado Supreme Court's reasoning in deciding that Trump is constitutionally disqualified from running for president seems iffy.
You're not going to save democracy by kicking people out of elections.
The Colorado court got this issue right. The case is now likely headed to the US Supreme Court.
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While transgender issues dominated Wednesday's debate, polls suggest that the subject is far from the top of voters' minds.
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Nikki Haley says "Trump was good on trade." What?
"Republicans believe in less government, not more," he said.
"We're going to build a wall...I am not going to sit there and let sex trafficking go unabated," DeSantis said.
The former South Carolina governor can't decide whether she likes corporate subsidies or opposes them on principle.
Plus: an unexpected digression into the world of Little Debbie dessert snack cakes.
Turns out subjecting presidential aspirants to libertarian-flavored scrutiny is good for journalism! And sanity.
Too bad that was only a small part of the 90-minute affair.
The article makes the case for disqualification on moral and pragmatic grounds, as well as legal ones.
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Formerly fringe immigration policies have gone mainstream in the Republican Party.
The former two-term governor discusses why Florida is attracting more people than any other state in the country.
A D.C. Circuit judge says the government’s defense of the order gives short shrift to "the First Amendment’s vigorous protection of political speech."
The Florida governor is attacking Republican primary rival Nikki Haley over her awful idea to police online speech, but the timing is awkward.
The results are interesting and suggest weird and significant biases.
Plus: A listener asks the editors why the Libertarian Party waits until election year to nominate its presidential candidate.
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