The Seventeenth Amendment and the censure of Donald Trump
Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-Ky.) procedural maneuver challenging the jurisdiction of the Senate over a former president pretty much squelched any chance of convicting Donald Trump at his upcoming impeachment...
View ArticleLaurence Tribe: Justice Thomas is out of order on 2020 election
The 2020 election revealed rot in this country’s institutions. Donald Trump degraded the presidency; senators like Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) degraded the Congress. And, in a direct...
View Article'For the People Act' proclaims democracy, but usurps democratic...
Writing in the Wall Street Journal last September, Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) suggested repeal of the 17th Amendment as one of several measures that would “make the Senate great again.” Thanks to House...
View ArticleReturning the ghost of Eric Holder to the Justice Department
It appears that the Democrats’ federal election takeover bill, H.R. 1, may not pass the U.S. Senate, but a new proposal threatens to be as bad as the first. Beware the John Lewis Voting Rights...
View ArticleNearly a year after John Lewis' death, voting rights remain in peril
Our late friend, Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) was often called the “conscience of Congress.” That hard-earned title represented years of sacrifice for voting and civil rights. As we approach the one-year...
View ArticleDemocrats' election bills ignore the Founders' principles
As the fight over election reform heats up in Congress, the White House is ramping up the rhetoric, declaring that President Biden and Vice President Harris are “incensed by the anti-voter laws that...
View ArticleIt's time to give Republicans the fight of their lives on voting rights
This week, resilient Democrats in the House of Representatives passed the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act — an important bill that takes steps to strengthen our nation’s voting laws to ensure...
View ArticleElection 'irregularities' an issue that concerns more than just...
Election Day was Nov. 2, but if you lived in Bucks County, Pa., and you thought you would know the winners by the end of the week, you were in for a disappointment. One week after the fact, the county...
View ArticleDemocrats can win in 2022 — here's how
Democrats have a messaging problem. But, of course, they have always had a messaging problem. This hardly started with President Joe Biden, himself, a pathetic messenger.Imagine if Democrats used the...
View ArticleLook to 14th Amendment to check GOP efforts to subvert popular vote
Given that a clear majority of Republican voters believe that Joe Biden’s presidential victory last year was fraudulent, it is no surprise that Republican-controlled state legislatures are enacting...
View ArticleNearly a year after Jan. 6, US democracy remains perilously fragile
On Jan. 20, 2021, most Americans breathed a sigh of relief. President Biden’s inauguration went off without a hitch. Trump’s attempt to overturn the results of the election had failed. Even...
View ArticleWant to prevent a repeat of Jan. 6 in 2025 — start with civics
Recently, Major General Paul Eaton said understanding civics is key to preventing another Jan. 6. It’s true that understanding our laws and processes would make it harder to be swindled with...
View ArticleDemocrats: Don't reject GOP offer to fix electoral count law
With Jan. 6 dominating headlines last week, Senate Republicans raised a topic they are not often associated with: election reform. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Republican Whip John Thune...
View ArticleDespite Senate setbacks, the fight for voting rights is far from over
There’s no way to sugarcoat it: the Senate’s failure to overcome a Republican filibuster of voting rights bills last week is a major disappointment to the Americans who make up the large and growing...
View ArticleRepublicans must stop sabotaging voting rights
“A man without a vote is a man without protection,” Lyndon Johnson once said. “And the vote is the most powerful instrument designed by man for breaking down injustice.”These days, Republicans in state...
View ArticleA reset on federal election legislation
After congressional Democrats’ unilateral and unsuccessful push on federal voting legislation, only one option remains for Congress to address the crisis of confidence in our democracy: finding common...
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