The Supreme Court faces a quandary: It must choose between democracy and the Constitution. Compared to Trump v. Anderson, the notorious case of Bush v. Gore was a straightforward affair: It should not have been heard. Because elections are administered by the states, the Florida Supreme Court's 2000 ruling ought to have been the last... Read More

"Government," observed the 14th-century Arab political theorist Ibn Khaldoun, "is an institution which prevents injustice other than such as it commits itself." Draconian prison sentences handed down to those involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot highlight this truism. Though he didn't enter the Capitol that day, Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes, 57, received... Read More

In line with other surveys taken in the run-up to the anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol Hill riot, a new NPR/Ipsos poll finds that 32% of Republicans and 22% of Democrats say that political violence is sometimes justified. The media is going nuts — as usual. Fearful expressions that we might lose our... Read More