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Biden’s Blind Spot: “Our Constitutional Principles” Include State Rights Over Elections

JonathanTurley

By ignoring those countervailing principles, the Democrats are creating a dangerous blind spot in these proposed laws. The resulting litigation could leave core election rules in doubt heading into the next round of elections. However, the Constitution is a bit more difficult to “re-imagine” than policing or education.

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“A Sad Day”: How the Colorado Disqualification Case is Bringing Back Some Bad Memories for the Supreme Court

JonathanTurley

It would then depend on the Maine litigation to bring the matter back to the Court. Here is the column: It is “a sad day for America and the Constitution when a court decides the outcome of an election.” At the time, another rising star in Republican legal circles was getting her start as a young law firm associate.

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The Death Star Strategy: Is Trump Contemplating The Ultimate Constitutional Trick Shot?

JonathanTurley

With the adverse ruling in Pennsylvania, the Trump legal team is still pledging new evidence of massive fraud as certifications are completed. The options for the team seem more and more reduced to the ultimate constitutional trick shot in engineering a fight on the floor of Congress. The electoral ‘shaft’. In Bush v. 8 or beyond Dec.