by Harry Litman For those rightly concerned about the timing of Donald Trump’s federal Jan. 6 trial, Thursday’s oral arguments before the Supreme Court gave plenty of reasons for worry. […]
Tag: Jan. 6
Jan. 6 case will test the Supreme Court’s hypocrisy
by Noah Feldman Last Tuesday, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared skeptical that prosecutors could use the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to go after Jan. 6 rioters. It’s a closely watched case […]
We never dealt with the trauma of 2020. Now it’s created an even bigger crisis
by Mary McNamara As I write this, it is Monday and I am sick, one of our toilets is clogged, and my husband is off to the vet with our […]
Crooked lawyers were crucial to Trump’s plot. Reform the profession
by Margaret Tarkington Over the last few weeks, Jenna Ellis, Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell, three lawyers central to Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election, pleaded guilty in […]
Who’s House Speaker Mike Johnson?
by Jackie Calmes “MAGA Mike” won. Which means, alas, so did Rep. Matt Gaetz. For Gaetz, the smarmy Trump Mini-Me from Florida, and his fellow Republican nihilists, the House’s surprise […]
Threats of violence now drive politics
by Gene Lyons Maybe I’m losing my mojo. For all the chatter about political violence out there, this column hasn’t drawn a death threat in months. Maybe not even this […]
Trump’s 1st Amendment defense for Jan. 6 indictment is nonsense
by David Cole and Ben Wizner Does the First Amendment shield Donald Trump from prosecution for conspiracy to obstruct the 2020 election results? Trump’s lawyer has proclaimed the indictment “an […]
Latest Trump indictment defends America’s battered democracy
by Noah Feldman This is the big one: the first time the Department of Justice has ever indicted a former president for subverting democracy by trying to steal an election […]
A different narrative on Jan. 6?
Fox News host Tucker Carlson recently aired on his show portions of the Jan. 6th video footage he received from House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Carlson claims the previously unseen video […]
Donald Trump’s fighting words
by Susan Estrich EDITOR’S NOTE: Froma Harrop is on vacation this week. Her next column will appear on March 16. Former President Donald Trump lost an important round with the […]
