Jan. 6 was not the same kind of event as the Confederacy’s succession.
Tag: Storming of the US Capitol (Jan, 2021)
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Trump Pushes Forward in 2024 Run Amid Indictments and Colorado Ruling
This week’s debate over his very eligibility for office served as a stark reminder that anyone else facing such a wide array of legal problems would have left the political stage long ago.
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Maine’s Secretary of State to Decide Whether Trump Can Stay on Ballot
Shenna Bellows, a Democrat, has said she would decide next week whether Maine will join Colorado in disqualifying former President Donald J. Trump from its primary ballot.
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Push to Disqualify Trump Pits Democracy Against the Rule of Law
If the Colorado Supreme Court is right that the former president is constitutionally ineligible to run for president, fundamental values are in severe tension.
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Barring Trump From the Ballot Would Be a Mistake
It could well undermine our democracy by empowering a Supreme Court that liberals have rightly complained grabs too much power too routinely.