I will get to the judicial temperament and record of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, the Supreme Court nominee imposed on Donald Trump by the Federalist Society and Judicial Action Network, in another post. Right now I want to focus on process. Let’s be clear: no president, and no political party, has ever sought to nominate … Read more
Back in June when Donald Trump and his henchman Attorney General William “Coverup” Barr called out the National Guard to patrol Washington, D.C., in response to Black Lives Matter protests in a show of military force intended as a preview of what Trump intends to do around election day in “Democrat cities,” Defense Secretary Mark Esper … Read more
Let’s vow to make this the very last election under our anti-democratic Electoral College. After what we are going to witness in the coming months, there is going to be renewed demands to rid ourselves of this anti-democratic anomaly in order to save American democracy. Barton Gellman in a lengthy analysis explains at The Atlantic how … Read more
“The ballot is stronger than the bullet” has entered the popular imagination as a powerful Abraham Lincoln saying. “Throughout his life, in both his own writings and in others’ recollections of the president, this theme of voting having more power than violence holds steady, as does his commitment to the importance of free and fair … Read more
Trump has made it perfectly clear he’s not interested in the will of America’s voters. He is only interested in how he can possibly remain in power regardless of the results of the election just weeks from now. Barton Gellman of The Atlantic now reports that Trump’s election legal team has been quietly talking to … Read more