Justin Amash on Why Congress Is Broken
"Today it is highly centralized, where a few people at the top control everything," the former five-term congressman tells Reason's Nick Gillespie.
"Today it is highly centralized, where a few people at the top control everything," the former five-term congressman tells Reason's Nick Gillespie.
Former Rep. Justin Amash says "the idea of introducing impeachment legislation suggests there's other people who will join you. Otherwise, it's just an exercise in futility."
Peter Meijer talks about his run for Senate, his Trump impeachment vote, and possibly competing against Justin Amash on the latest episode of Just Asking Questions.
And why he almost certainly will not
This week's Republican revolt against Kevin McCarthy is actually a rank-and-file revolt against the top-down process that both parties have used to control the House in recent years.
The former Libertarian congressman was in the Capitol Wednesday drumming up a Hail Mary quest to become speaker of the House.
"We have an oligarchy right now," says Amash.
The L.P. just held its most-momentous convention in years. Here's what is next for the third-largest political party in the country.
The Libertarian former congressman on the Mises Caucus takeover, his embrace of "liberalism," and political strategy.
After winning its two highest-ever presidential vote percentages in 2016 and 2020, the Libertarian Party was taken over by activists embarrassed by those campaigns. Will they attract more votes?
You can both support withdrawal and recognize its failed execution.
The only L.P. member to ever hold national office says the party needs to stop being gratuitously shocking and start making the principled case for limited government.
The Ending Qualified Immunity Act of 2021 would no longer let state actors violate your rights without consequence.
The 33-year-old successor to Justin Amash's House seat says his party has abandoned limited government, economic freedom, and individualism.
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."
You won't have the first Libertarian congressman to kick around anymore.
"No responsible legislator should vote for such a thing," said Justin Amash (L–Mich.).
Current law can allow the president to route around Congress indefinitely.
The practice is plainly unconstitutional.
The legal doctrine is a free pass for rampant government abuse.
Post-election conspiracy-mongering demonstrates the limits of "libertarian populism."
Congress' one Libertarian member cited the counterproductive, free speech-threatening nature of the resolution to explain his "no" vote.
American voters know what's up.
Mask mandates are dangerous and unjust, regardless of which level of government imposes them.
Plus: Homeland Security memo worries masks will thwart their surveillance, the feds are snatching people off the streets in Portland, Congress takes up the D.C. shroom debate, and more...
We know now that young kids aren't particularly susceptible to catch, transmit, or suffer from Covid-19. Time to give them (and their parents) a break.
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals acknowledged that the plaintiff's Eighth Amendment rights were violated.
The legal doctrine frequently allows police officers to violate your rights without fear of civil liability.
Police officers shouldn't be above the law.
Everybody is talking about changing law enforcement, but not all proposals are equally worthy—or serious.
It does not touch qualified immunity or police unions.
Will progressives alienate allies and squander this opportunity for change?
Rep. Tom McClintock (R–Calif.) announced he will support the Ending Qualified Immunity Act.
Abolishing qualified immunity is a crucial step in holding police accountable for violating our rights.
The GOP claims to be the party of freedom. If that's true, they should rethink policies that embolden bad police behavior.
Plus: the return of the "outside agitator" narrative, Trump can't designate Antifa a terror group, and more...
The bad policy and worse politics of coronavirus stimulus spending
The Reason Roundtable discusses Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's 60 Minutes admission, as well as the Libertarian Party presidential race post-Justin Amash
Plus: Justin Amash's quick reversal, Ronan Farrow's flaws, and more...
A week before the Libertarian Party begins voting, its most high-profile candidate steps aside.
His mixed immigration record might be good for a Republican, but it's not exactly impressive for a Libertarian.
Competitors, skeptical delegates, and podcasters attack the congressman for being an incrementalist Deep State enabler rather than a principled radical.
The Reason Roundtable discusses eternal New Deals, multi-trillion-dollar mistakes, and sobbing face-first in the parking lot of life. Happy Monday!
"I think you'll find that I'm the normal guy, the regular guy," Amash told HBO's Real Time host. "These other two guys are the buffoons."
No amount of psychoanalyzing can disguise the grim choice facing voters this fall.
The candidate for the Libertarian presidential nomination talks with the Fifth Column podcast about coronavirus, constitutionalism, open-carry protests in Michigan, and how his own House Freedom Caucus was corrupted.
Joe Biden, Donald Trump, and double standards, as discussed on the Reason Roundtable podcast.
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