Bidens still should testify — but not for impeachment trial
(Jan. 29) There is no good legal reason for either Joe or Hunter Biden to testify at the Senate impeachment trial. But there are legitimate reasons for the Senate later […]
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Dangerous ‘Imperial presidency’ must be reined in
(Jan. 28) It is clear from listening to the case made in the Senate by President Trump’s lawyers that their defense of his conduct relies on a highly expansive assertion […]
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Why Republicans will suffer for blocking witnesses
(Jan. 30) Senate Republicans may have dug their own political graves. Because Republicans didn’t allow at least a few witnesses into the Senate impeachment trial, they will pay a heavy […]
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Mobile, Al., Federalist Society helps refute liberal attack
(Jan. 23). Not content with stifling dissent at overwhelmingly leftist law schools, the progressive legal establishment is now threatening to trample conservative judges’ freedom of association. Their proposal should be […]
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Double talk and double standards by Senate GOP
(Jan. 23). On matters Ukrainian, President Trump’s defenders repeatedly make logically contradictory assertions. Their attempts at spin are dizzying to the point of nausea. For example, they blast the impeachment […]
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Civic duty, ‘firm against the crowd’
(Jan 21.) Whether as purely calculating politicians or for reasons of idealism and integrity, plenty of Republican senators ought to defy Majority Leader Mitch McConnell by insisting on a thorough, […]
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Courts would quickly dispose of ‘executive privilege’ claim
(Jan. 24). If a majority of the U.S. Senate wants to hear testimony from former national security adviser John Bolton, then the only way that it can be denied is […]
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How JFK and RFK won allegiance from MLK
(Jan. 20). As we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, here’s a largely forgotten story about how an almost random phone call, to King’s wife Coretta Scott King from John […]
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On impeachment, three sub-issues
For the full column on each of these on the impeachment trial, follow the links embedded in the headlines. What Pelosi gained by delaying the Senate trial (Jan. 20). Thanks […]
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Trump protects religious liberty
Jan. 16. One reason so many conservatives are so eager to overlook President Trump’s many sins is that he so often takes executive actions that redeem their fondest and most […]
