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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – Aug 11, 2018: Chalked messages at the site where Heather Heyer was killed on the one-year anniversary of a rally that turned violent.

Notes from the Front

by David Bender | Jul 14, 2024 | Election 2024

“Fight, fight, fight!” These were the words of a bloodied Donald Trump as Secret Service agents helped him to his feet yesterday at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, immediately after an assassination attempt in which one person in the crowd was killed instantly and two were critically wounded. The former president was struck in the […]

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WASHINGTON, DC - December 15, 2023: Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani leaves the courthouse after a jury awarded 2 former Atlanta poll workers $148 million for defamation. Photo by Philip Yabut, Shutterstock

The Limits of ‘Lawfare’ in a Democracy: A Teaching Moment for 2024

by Mark Medish and Daniel Lucich | Jul 8, 2024 | Legal Affairs

One day after the U.S. Supreme Court’s ignominious Presidential immunity decision, the New York Supreme Court meted out accountability and formally disbarred Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, for violating several core tenets of the professional code of conduct with the aim of undermining public confidence in the American electoral process. In 2020 American […]

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Notes from the Front

by David Bender | Jul 7, 2024 | Election 2024

These hot, early summer days have brought with them a sudden torrent of fast-breaking political news. Was Biden’s poor showing in the debate an off night, is he failing, can he govern. How will our republic fare following the Supreme Court’s decision granting full immunity to the president for official actions, and how will this […]

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The Erosion of Ideals

by Gary Hart | Jul 6, 2024 | History, Politics

As America celebrates the 248th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the threat to the survival of our long-running democratic republic from political and religious extremism is palpable. Former Senator Gary Hart offers a timely reflection on the enduring principles ingrained in the charter of the new nation.   Many people of a certain age […]

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Be prepared

The Wide Angle: The Future Belongs to Surrealists

by Dave Troy | Jun 29, 2024 | Election 2024, The Wide Angle

As we head into the pithy core of the 2024 election season, institutionalists are alarmed, and with good reason. Our highest court just ruled (SEC vs. Jarkesy; overturning Chevron doctrine) that all federal agencies are effectively unconstitutional, and may imminently rule that former president Trump is immune from prosecution. The first presidential debate of 2024 […]

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