Can Conservatives Stop Their Movement's Descent Into Madness?
The political right needs more self-analysis and less whataboutism.
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A Vilified Dominion Executive Sues Promoters of a Bizarre Tale at the Center of Trump's Election Conspiracy Theory
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.
Trump's Pattern of Self-Serving Pardons Continues
President Trump's use of the pardon power confirms Anti-Federalist fears more than did his predecessors'.
Trump Pardons 26 More, Including Paul Manafort and Roger Stone
The list also included several drug war victims.
Defamation Lawsuits May Leash the Kraken
The first defamation lawsuit against the Trump campaign and its allies has been filed. More seem likely.
I Got To Inform a Person That Trump Granted Her Clemency. So Many Others Deserve That Good News Too.
Trump's clemencies last night surprised a lot of people—including one of the recipients. Clemency advocates are confident more are on the way.
Biden Acknowledges Constitutional Limits to the Power of the Presidency
That’s a rare position for modern White House residents, and not necessarily a popular one with the public.
Lindsey Graham Says Trump Will Sign Spending Bill if It Takes Aim at Section 230
Plus: One in seven NYC chain stores closed, Columbus officers turned off body cams before fatal shooting, and more....
Trump's Latest Round of Pardons Includes George Papadopoulos, GOP Congressmen, Blackwater Guards
Full pardons were given to the four contractors convicted of murdering Iraqis in a firefight in Baghdad.
Trump Threatens to Sink COVID-19 Relief Bill Unless Congress Cuts Wasteful Spending, Spends More on $2,000 Stimulus Checks
"It truly is a disgrace," said Trump.
AG Barr Sees No Reason to Appoint Special Counsel for Hunter Biden or Election Investigations
The Attorney General says "No" to the President on his way out the door, leaving Jeff Rosen in charge of DOJ.
Trump Outlaws Ugly Federal Buildings
Plus: House OKs bloated $1.4 trillion spending package, new Amash bills aim to protect asylum seekers and immigrant detainees, and more...
Justin Amash Introduces Bill To End Forever National Emergencies
Current law can allow the president to route around Congress indefinitely.
How Immigrants Make America Great Again (and Again and Again)
A new book documents that newcomers revitalize beliefs in hard work, property rights, and the rule of law.
Desperate To Stop Biden From Taking Office, Trump Suggests Military Intervention, Voting Machine Seizures, and Appointing Sidney Powell To Investigate Her Own Fraud Claims
The president's advisers reportedly pushed back vigorously against his ideas.
Supreme Court Dismisses Lawsuit Challenging Trump's Plan to Exclude Undocumented Immigrants from Congressional Apportionment Counts - But the Case Could Soon Come Back
The case was dismissed on procedural grounds that will change when and if the administration actually decides which people will be excluded.
Senate Hearing on Election 'Irregularities' Highlights Trump's Reckless Disregard for the Truth
Sen. Ron Johnson, a Trump ally, now concedes there is no credible evidence to support the president's fanciful conspiracy theory.
Alex Nowrasteh and Benjamin Powell: Immigrants Revitalize Faith in American Institutions
A new book, Wretched Refuse?, documents that newcomers not only increase economic activity but often revitalize faith in free market, limited-government institutions.
Trump Promotes a Doomed Electoral Vote Challenge As Even Diehard Supporters Admit He Lost
The strategy of lodging objections under the Electoral Count Act has been tried before, but it has never succeeded.
Trump's Election Conspiracy Theory Requires Followers To Join Him in an Alternate Universe
Given the conspicuous lack of credible evidence, the president's charges can be accepted only as a matter of faith.
Mitch McConnell and Several Other GOP Senators Finally Acknowledge Biden's Victory
The president and his diehard allies in Congress continue to insist the election was stolen.
Wish a Not-So-Fond Farewell to Outgoing Attorney General William Barr
His Trump toadying was absolutely awful, but still not nearly as bad as his unremittingly harsh approach to justice and policing.
The GOP's Great Self-Beclownment
What to say to a political party that keeps trying to overturn the results of an election?
A Trump Appointee Rejects Election Complaints Similar to the Ones SCOTUS Declined to Hear
Although the president says the justices "chickened out," other courts have considered and rejected the merits of his legal arguments.
Ted Cruz's Eagerness To Fight Trump's Legal Battles Epitomizes the GOP's Complete Lack of Principles
By his own account, the Texas senator is committed to defending a dishonest, amoral, narcissistic bully.
Another Court Loss for Trump Campaign in Wisconsin
A recently appointed "Trump Judge" explains why the Trump campaign's legal claims are without merit
Trump Lost Because SCOTUS Answers to the Constitution, Not to Him
Trump’s judicial humiliation is now complete.
The Supreme Court Just Dismissed Trump's Hail Mary Effort To Overturn the Election
With Friday's ruling from the Supreme Court, the result of this year's presidential election is clear. Joe Biden won. It is over.
Thoughts on the Supreme Court's Unanimous Rejection of the Texas Election Lawsuit
The Court made the right decision and demonstrated its independence. But it may not still claims that the election was somehow stolen from Trump.
Supreme Court Unanimously Denies Texas Emergency Relief, Refuses to Grant Motion for Leave to File (Updated)
The Supreme Court, 7-2, voted to deny Texas AG Paxton's motion for leave to file its election complaint. Justices Alito and Thomas would grant Motion for Leave, but provide no other relief.
No Mercy Came for Brandon Bernard and None Will Come Today for Alfred Bourgeois
Bill Barr and Donald Trump spend the end of their terms executing prisoners.
Texas AG Files Reply Briefs in Last Ditch Effort to Upend Election Result
If you thought the briefing in Texas v. Pennsylvania could not get worse, you are in for a surprise.
The House Freedom Caucus Just Trashed What Little Credibility It Had Left
More than 100 members of Congress signed a petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the presidential election, including several prominent members of the group founded to protect "the rule of law."
Can Americans Inhabit Parallel Political Universes Without Compromising Freedom?
Some Trump supporters find it easier to believe that every major American institution is potentially corrupt than to think that a president with a history of telling whoppers is being dishonest again.
Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin Defend Their Authority to Select Presidential Electors
The four defendant states in Texas v. Pennsylvania file their briefs in opposition.
Trump's Lawyers Claim the Conspiracy To Steal the Election Is Both 'Easily Provable' and Impossible to Prove
Seeking to join a last-ditch effort to overturn Joe Biden's victory, the president's attorney says "it is not necessary...to prove that fraud occurred."
Are Some of the State Attorneys General Supporting the Texas Election Suit Getting Cold Feet? [UPDATED in Light of Ohio Filing]
17 states submitted a brief supporting Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's effort to prevent the selection of electors in four states, but only 6 joined today's motion to intervene. [Update: Meanwhile, Ohio files a brief that's worth reading.]
Foxconn Debacle is Yet Another Example of the Dangers of Using Eminent Domain to Promote Economic Development
As in many previous cases, government officials promised huge economic gains from seizing property for transfer to private interests - but failed to deliver.
Stop 'Humoring' Trump
To move back in a libertarian direction, the Republican Party will have to do more than jettison Trump. But as long as it remains in Trump's thrall, that reversal is all but impossible.
Conservative Lawmakers and Legal Scholars Denounce Texas Election Suit as 'a Mockery of Federalism and Separation of Powers'
The Constitution “plainly makes the appointment of electors a state-by-state matter.”
Assessing Trump's Experiment With Protectionist Trade Policies
The Trump years were more than infuriating on trade matters—they were destructive.
Former Judge Michael Luttig on Why the Pardon Power Does Not Encompass Self-Pardons
A pardon is something granted, like a gift, and it is presumed one cannot grant something to themselves.
Trump's Judicial Humiliation Is Nearly Complete
The president and his allies keep losing election cases.
Not Even COVID-19 Infections Among Prison Staff Can Convince the Feds To Halt Executions
Five who tested positive recently will participate in this week’s planned executions of Brandon Bernard and Alfred Bourgeois.
Nevada Supreme Court Becomes the Latest To Reject Republican Election Fraud Lawsuit
Plus: State legislator considering tax on online shopping for residents of New York City, how cops really caught the Golden State Killer, and more...
SCOTUS Full of Trump Appointees Joins the Conspiracy To Deny Trump His Rightful Victory
The justices declined to intervene on behalf of Republicans who challenged absentee voting in Pennsylvania.
Why Rep. Mike Kelly's Challenge to Pennsylvania's Election Results Is Going Nowhere (UPDATE: It Went Nowhere)
Pennsylvania's response to Rep. Kelly's effort to invalidate Pennsylvania's election results.
A Federal Judge in Michigan Says Sidney Powell's Election Fraud Claims Are 'Nothing but Speculation and Conjecture'
According to the ruling, the former Trump attorney also filed the wrong claims in the wrong court at the wrong time on behalf of the wrong plaintiffs.
