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Feb 15 2021
News
Bipartisan Support Grows For 9/11-Style Commission To Probe Capitol Riot
With the impeachment trial in the rearview mirror, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are calling for the creation of a congressional commission to investigate the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, though Democrats are still more focused on former President Donald Trump’s role in inciting the mob than Republicans.
On Sunday, one day after Trump was acquitted despite 57 senators
Forbes
Jul 06 2020
News
Supreme Court Rules That States Can Punish 'Faithless Electors' Who Violate Electoral Pledge
The Supreme Court held that state laws which seek to punish presidential electors who break their pledge of support to certain candidates do not violate the constitution. The court ruled against so-called “faithless electors” in a case that stems from three Washington electors who all violated their electoral pledge in 2016.
The court’s decision means that electors must vote the way
Townhall
Oct 19 2020
Analysis
With older poll workers sidelined, young Americans step up
The air was freezing, the sun had yet to rise, and Leo Kamin had just arrived at the church for his 6 a.m. shift – which meant he only had 15 hours to go.
Out came the tents and tables, mercifully arranged around heating lamps in the gusty parking lot. Inside, he and a team of poll workers puzzled together dividers, printers, tables, tablets, computers, and their all- important voting
Christian Science Monitor
Oct 15 2015
News
Reporter Hits DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz With Unexpected Abortion Question ? Listen to Her Answer
A reporter with MRC TV recently asked Democratic National Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz if her three children were human beings before they were born. After a brief pause, Schultz replied I believe that every woman has the right to make their own reproductive choices.
The Blaze
Jul 06 2021
News
Senate hopeful J.D. Vance apologizes for criticizing Trump as 'reprehensible' in deleted tweets
J.D. Vance, a venture capitalist and best-selling author who last week entered the Republican primary for Ohio's open Senate seat in 2022, apologized for criticizing former President Donald Trump in now-deleted tweets.
In deleted tweets first discovered by CNN's KFile, Vance wrote in 2016 that he would not vote for Trump in the presidential election and instead support Evan McMullin, a
CNN Digital
Oct 28 2020
Opinion
How Far Might Trump Go?
On election night and the days that follow, the country may be in for a roller-coaster ride, with ups and downs that raise and dash expectations, provoking anger and frustration.
Here is a scenario, sketched out by Edward B. Foley, a professor of constitutional law at Ohio State, in his 2019 paper “Preparing for a Disputed Presidential Election: An Exercise in Election Risk Assessment
New York Times (Opinion)
Mar 10 2022
Analysis
The Trans Movement Is Failing Where the Gay-Rights Movement Succeeded
By abandoning the libertarian ‘live and let live’ approach, transgender activists are alienating Americans.
The transgender and gay-rights movements are often lumped together — including in the very acronym LGBT — so many observers assume that the transgender cause will follow a similar trajectory. But there’s a reason why transgender activists won’t experience the level of rapid
National Review (News)
Nov 13 2020
News
Other news organizations finally call Arizona for Biden
More than a week after the presidential election, the remaining major news organizations on Thursday night projected Joe Biden as the winner in Arizona, with its 11 electoral votes.
Biden had already been projected the winner in that state by the Associated Press and Fox News on election night. MarketWatch has followed the AP count.
Some had complained those calls were premature
MarketWatch
Dec 09 2020
News
Challenges to Election Results
“The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned down a request from Pennsylvania Republicans to block the state from certifying the results of the Nov. 3 election for President-elect Joe Biden. With less than eight hours remaining before the ‘safe harbor’ deadline for states to finalize the post-election certification of their votes in the Electoral College, the court issued a one-sentence order denying
The Flip Side
Jan 10 2013
News
Obama's Cabinet shaping up to be a boys club
As Democrats in Congress celebrate a historic number of women elected to their ranks, the White House's top ranks reflect a very different picture -- one that is largely male. CNN has learned President Barack Obama is expected to nominate White House chief of staff Jack Lew as treasury secretary. The likely contenders to replace Lew -- including Ron Klain, who once served as Vice President Joe
CNN Digital