My verbose analysis of the Fourteenth Amendment's Section 3, and whether it disqualifies former President Donald Trump from the presidency, is finally about to draw to a close. On Wednesday, with Parts 1 through 4, I provided an overview on Section 3 and why it should disqualify Trump from holding office. On Friday. with Part… Continue reading Should Trump Be Ineligible?: Considering SCOTUS’s decision
In considering whether former president Donald Trump should be disqualified from the ballot under the Fourteenth Amendment's Section 3, my last post included the following: Part 1 looked at the text and relevant context of Section 3. Part 2 explained why it should not up for the voters to decide whether Trump violated the Constitution.… Continue reading Should Trump Be Ineligible?: Counterarguments & Rebuttals
(Author's note: Unable to top a Vonnegut reference, I intended to spare the rest of your 2023 from my drivel. But then Colorado's highest court, based on its reading of the Fourteenth Amendment's Section 3, barred Trump from the state's presidential primary ballot. You won't believe this, but I have some thoughts.) When I first… Continue reading Should Trump Be Ineligible? Analyzing Section 3 of the 14th Amendment
Kurt Vonnegut's final novel, Timequake (1997), explores a fascinating science fictional premise: what if the universe, in an instant, snapped back ten years, and all events that happened in those ten years must develop exactly as they had before? Such is the predicament in which Timequake's human race finds itself. On February 13, 2001, due… Continue reading The Next Debates (and Why They Matter)
With the fourth Republican debate looming (Wednesday night, 8:00 EST, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama), it's time for another Power Rankings. This month's wrinkle will be an estimate of each candidate's chances to win the nomination and presidency. To calculate the former (and I use the word "calculate" in its broadest possible sense), I need only consider… Continue reading The Percentage Chance of Each Candidate to be the Next President: a Power Ranking
North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum has suspended his presidential campaign, upending the 2024 Republican Primary. I'll have a Power Rankings tomorrow to reflect the chaos this suspension brings to the field. Somewhere in Arkansas, Asa Hutchinson puts another red X across a competitor's face and leans back in his chair with satisfaction. "It's all going… Continue reading Doug Burgum Finally Out
This website is not one to gloat, and by that I mean this website often gloats. A week after the 2022 Midterms, with Donald Trump getting blamed for Republicans' underperformance and Ron DeSantis riding high after a Florida triumph, many begged for DeSantis to run for the presidency to knock Trump, already off his rocker,… Continue reading Is DeSantis Doomed?
Tickticktickticktick That sound you hear is a timebomb ticking down on the Democratic Party's brief stint in power. The man they're choosing as their nominee celebrates his 81st birthday today and is projected to lose next November. Their senate majority will almost assuredly be gone. With the presidency and senate lost, so too will be… Continue reading Dean Phillips, the Senate, & the Democrats’ Ticking Timebomb
You know, in the middle of last week, Senator Tim Scott might have been feeling pretty good. Mike Pence had dropped out, which freed up some evangelical voters. He had qualified for the third Republican debate with just hours to spare. As one of just five candidates on stage, he had plenty of time to… Continue reading Tim Scott Out
It was quite the week indeed. On Monday, Donald Trump testified in his civil fraud trial, and you won't believe this: he didn't like the process. On Tuesday, off-year elections re-elected a Democratic governor of Kentucky, turned the entire Virginia legislature blue, and codified abortion into Ohio's constitution, leaving Republicans reeling. And on Wednesday, another… Continue reading Debate #3: The Good and the Bad (and the Ugly)
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