Why Purging Social Media of Extremist Speech Might Not Make Us Safer
Law enforcement will have an easier time arresting and prosecuting criminals on Parler than on Telegram.
Law enforcement will have an easier time arresting and prosecuting criminals on Parler than on Telegram.
The impeachment article against the president cites a little-discussed section of the 14th Amendment.
But these lawmakers think they should be.
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Laws against sedition have historically been used by insecure officials to punish critics.
"The question of whether incitement to riot is an impeachable offense is pretty easy," says the Cato Institute's Gene Healy. "Clearly, yes."
Trump attorney Kurt Hilbert claimed he had reached settlement agreements with state officials, which was news to them.
Proposals are already being floated for new unnecessary laws and punishments to address the riots.
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.
The rookie GOP congressman describes Capitol Hill chaos, says that some Republicans who knew better voted against election certification out of physical fear, and explains how serving in Iraq and Afghanistan made him want to "end the endless wars."
"That behavior was unconscionable for our country."
Condemns “violence, lawlessness, and mayhem” by his supporters at the Capitol.
Yesterday's events at the Capitol building should be understood as a colossal law enforcement failure.
Instead of coming for campus speakers, they came for the symbolic heart of democratic self-governance.
In a Thursday afternoon announcement, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D–Calif.) said Trump committed "an act of sedition" by inciting a riot on Wednesday afternoon.
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.
The people who smashed windows and stormed the building were sincere pro-Trump protesters.
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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.
Wild scenes are unfolding at the U.S. Capitol, which is now on lockdown amid clashes between pro-Trump protestors and police.
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