In September 2020, President Donald Trump suggested he was hamstrung to crack down on at-times-violent racial justice demonstrations in cities like Portland, Oregon. “Look, we have laws. We have to go ...

William A. Galston added “Donald Trump’s Insurrection Act Gambit” (Politics & Ideas, Nov. 15) to a long list of measures that the press warns will gut U.S. democracy in a second Trump presidency. The ...

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller insists that by urging the withdrawal of military forces in Los Angeles, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass are stoking ...

Last week’s historic arguments about former President Donald Trump before the Supreme Court were striking because although the questions and concerns raised by the justices are undoubtedly urgent, the ...

Two states that moved to bar Donald Trump from their 2024 presidential ballot over his role in the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol have taken somewhat differing views of what counts as an ...

On Newsmax on Wednesday, Alan Dershowitz says the Supreme Court will most likely rule against the Colorado court and allow Donald Trump to appear on the ballot because there is no clear definition of ...

And, Delahunty noted, Section 3 is focused on those who commit insurrection against the Constitution. “It’s not just any plain-vanilla insurrection,” he testified, adding that there is no clear ...

DENVER — Can former President Donald Trump run for his old job again after his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol? The answer may depend on the definition of insurrection. Because of ...

In the history of self-defeating euphemisms, Jonathan Chait’s characterization of Donald Trump’s failed coup as an attempt to “secure an unelected second term in office” belongs in the hall of fame, ...