Shortly after voting to impeach former President Donald Trump for his role in instigating the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, Rep. Peter Meijer (R–Mich.) issued one of the more reflective statements you’re likely to find in a congressional press release. “This vote is not a victory. It isn’t a victory for my […]
Former President Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election sought to exploit three potential weaknesses in the legal and political mechanisms for certifying a winner. This week, a bipartisan group of senators formerly unveiled a proposal that, if passed, would prevent a repeat attempt from succeeding where Trump failed. But […]
On March 26, during a speech in Warsaw, Poland, President Joe Biden defined the stakes of the war that had enveloped Ukraine during the previous month: “In the perennial struggle for democracy and freedom,” he said, “Ukraine and its people are on the frontlines fighting to save their nation. And their brave resistance is part […]
Then-Vice President Mike Pence oversees electoral vote count in Congress. Andy Craig of the Cato Institute recently published “How to Pick a President: A Guide to Electoral Count Act Reform” an excellent overview of the problems with the Electoral Count Act revealed in the awful aftermath of the 2020 election, and how to fix […]
Several prominent conservatives recently released a report entitled “Lost, Not Stolen:The Conservative Case that Trump Lost and Biden Won the 2020 Presidential Election.” The authors include former federal judges J. Michael Luttig, Thomas Griffith, and Michael McConnell (who is also a prominent legal scholar), former GOP senators John Danforth and Gordon Smith, former George W. […]