New rules in Georgia are worrisome but safeguards prevent rogue election officials from refusing to certify the results. After the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump and his allies denied that Joe Biden had won. To this day, election deniers refuse to accept that Trump lost the election. Efforts to thwart Biden from becoming president, including the Trump-inspired… Read more »
Category: Presidential Election
Trump 2024 Victory Would Lock in Far Right SCOTUS for Generations to Come
Biden and Harris favor term limits and an ethical code for the Supreme Court and elimination of presidential immunity. The infamous 920-page Project 2025, which provides a blueprint for a radical right-wing agenda under a second Donald Trump presidency, doesn’t recommend any reforms to the Supreme Court — and for good reason. The conservative extremists who… Read more »
Harris Must Commit to Ending Biden’s Support for Israel’s Genocide in Gaza
Nearly 1 million voters cast their primary ballots for “uncommitted” in protest of Biden’s complicity in Israel’s genocide. During Donald Trump’s presidency, he repeatedly capitulated to Israel’s Zionist regime. He illegally recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, illegally recognized Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights, and declared Israeli settlements on Palestinian land lawful despite international… Read more »
Presidential Immunity Ruling and Project 2025 Pave Way for Trump’s Fascist State
A second Trump presidency would target immigrants, civil rights, health, safety and efforts to end the climate crisis. As reports about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump and concerns about Joe Biden’s ability to beat him dominate the headlines, we mustn’t be distracted from how Trump will govern if given another presidential term. “Project 2025”… Read more »
The Supreme Court Has Made It Official: US Presidents Are Now Monarchs
The Supreme Court’s “Trump v. United States” ruling gives Donald Trump “legal” cover for past and future lawbreaking. On July 4, Americans celebrate Independence Day, commemorating the Declaration of Independence when the colonists threw off the yoke of King George III. When they crafted it, the framers of the Constitution established three co-equal branches of… Read more »
Supreme Court All But Ignores January 6 During Trump Disqualification Argument
Only Sonia Sotomayor appears willing to obey the command of the Disqualification Clause of the 14th Amendment. Nearly 24 years ago, five right-wing members of the Supreme Court handed the presidency to George W. Bush in Bush v. Gore. Despite the conservatives’ hypocritical deference to the states on gun control, tobacco “rights,” disability rights and violence against women, the… Read more »
Colorado Lawsuit’s Strategy for Keeping Trump Off Ballot Is Starting to Spread
The lawsuits cite the 14th Amendment, which says former officials who engage in insurrection may not serve as president. The lawsuit filed earlier this month by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) on behalf of six Colorado voters provides a template that can and will be used in other states to keep Donald Trump off… Read more »
Georgia RICO Charge Against Trump Is Broader Than Federal January 6 Indictment
Trump and/or his cronies are charged with 161 predicate acts in their criminal enterprise to overturn the election. Of the 91 criminal charges former President Donald Trump is facing, the most consequential is Count 1 of his fourth indictment, which was filed by Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis on August 14, 2023. It alleges Trump… Read more »
Supreme Court Has an Originalist Roadmap to Disqualify Trump From the Presidency
A new article written by two conservative law professors is an urgent call to action to disqualify Trump from office. “[O]n the basis of the public record, former President Donald J. Trump is constitutionally disqualified from again being President (or holding any other covered office) because of his role in the attempted overthrow of the… Read more »
Donald Trump’s Trials Should Not Be Televised
Trump is no mere apprentice when it comes to manipulating the media in his favor. Two days after a federal grand jury charged Donald Trump with three conspiracies for his attempts to overturn Joe Biden’s election victory, culminating in the January 6, 2021, insurrection, 38 Democratic members of Congress urged the U.S Judicial Conference to… Read more »