“He Said He Was Ashamed of Storming the Capitol. Now He’s Running for Office.”
This NYT piece profiles the dynamics of a primary for a South Carolina House race, in a district without a major-party opponent.
Tag Archives: January 6
“Prosecutors Ask Appeals Court to Reject Trump’s Immunity Claims in Election Case”
NYT:
Federal prosecutors asked [the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit] on Saturday to reject former President Donald J. Trump’s claims that he is immune from criminal charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election… Continue reading
“Exclusive: Recordings, emails show how Trump team flew fake elector ballots to DC in final push to overturn 2020 election”
CNN:
Two days before the January 6 insurrection, the Trump campaign’s plan to use fake electors to block President-elect Joe Biden from taking office faced a potentially crippling hiccup: The fake elector certificates from two critical battleground states… Continue reading
“Colorado GOP asks U.S. Supreme Court to keep Trump on the ballot”
WaPo:
The Colorado Republican Party on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to ensure that Donald Trump’s name can appear on the state’s primary ballot after Colorado’s high court said he had engaged in insurrection and was ineligible to… Continue reading
“Don’t blame democracy’s woes on the GOP or ‘tyranny of the minority’”
Jennifer Rubin in the WaPo:
Two of the year’s best books on politics present contrasting diagnoses for what ails American democracy.
Liz Cheney’s “Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning” lowers the boom on the mendacious… Continue reading
“From Bush v. Gore to ‘Stop the Steal’: Kenneth Chesebro’s Long, Strange Trip”
N.Y. Times has an in-depth profile of Kenneth Chesebro.
“Some former colleagues say Mr. Chesebro’s 180-degree turn came after a lucrative 2014 investment in Bitcoin and a subsequent posh, itinerant lifestyle. Others, like Mr. Tribe, see Mr. Chesebro as a… Continue reading
“Could Trump be barred under the constitution’s ‘engaged in insurrection’ clause?”
Sam Levine for The Guardian:
“Disqualification under the 14th amendment does not require a criminal conviction, Noah Bookbinder, the executive director of the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (Crew), said in an interview earlier this… Continue reading
David French on Section 3
His N.Y. Times opinion column:
“[The Baude-Paulsen article presents] a fascinating and compelling argument that only grows more compelling with each painstakingly researched page. But as I was reading it, a single, depressing thought came to my mind. Baude… Continue reading
Asa Hutchinson Invokes Section 3 of the 14th Amendment
On CNN’s State of the Union, presidential candidate (and former governor of Arkansas) Asa Hutchinson invoked the argument that Trump may be constitutionally disqualified from being president again. He anticipates that the issue will be raised in various states and… Continue reading
When and how the issue of Trump’s disqualification gets to the U.S. Supreme Court
On the Smerconish broadcast, the issue arose of how and when a case involving Trump’s status under section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment would get to the U.S. Supreme Court.
I made the point that a case is likely… Continue reading
Smerconish on CNN discussing Trump’s status under section 3 of 14th Amendment
Here’s the video clip of the segment from this morning’s show, on which I was a guest. I think it was a succinct discussion of the key procedural issues involved, including the essential need to resolve this definitively before the… Continue reading
“The Constitution Prohibits Trump From Ever Being President Again”
Judge Luttig and Larry Tribe in The Atlantic, agreeing with the Baude-Paulsen view of Trump’s disqualification under section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment:
“The disqualification clause operates independently of any such criminal proceedings and, indeed, also independently of impeachment… Continue reading
“When the Law Is Not a Trump Card”
Ross Douthat in N.Y. Times expressing strong disagreement with the Baude-Paulsen view of Trump’s disqualification under section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment–and aligning himself with Michael McConnell’s and Eric Segalls’s critiques of the Baude-Paulsen view:
“My concern is that not… Continue reading
Jeffrey Goldberg on the Chuck Toddcast
This episode is very much worth listening to, especially for its discussion of how the nation seems to be “sleepwalking” into a disastrous situation next spring as a consequence of the Senate’s failure to reach 67 votes to convict Trump… Continue reading