The Former Presidents Protection Act gives a lifetime of Secret Service protection to any former president. Another statute, the Former Presidents Act, excludes presidents who were removed from office by the Senate and is unclear on whether a removed former-president would lose protections. Regardless, it’s likely Trump’s presidency will naturally end before he can be
1. Elizabeth Bruenig: When an I.Q. Score Is a Death Sentence Since Mr. Johnson’s trial lawyers did not claim he was intellectually disabled, no court has agreed to hold a hearing to consider the evidence to the contrary in appeals over the past three decades, Mr. Johnson’s current lawyers, Don Salzman and Ron Tabak, told
Newly elected Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) announced on Wednesday that she would be filing articles of impeachment against President-elect Joe Biden on the first full day of his presidency. Greene made the announcement during an interview on NewsmaxTV. “I would like to announce on behalf of the American people, we have to make
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced Wednesday that the House will be considering a new rule that would impose hefty fines on lawmakers who refuse to comply with the added security measures put in place yesterday, after several Republican members dodged new metal detectors placed outside the chamber. What are the details? A number of
With absolutely ZERO evidence to back up the assertion, CBS Evening News spent part of Wednesday’s newscast giving oxygen to a conspiracy theory spawned from a Democratic congresswoman, claiming Republican members of Congress were in league with the insurrectionists and intentionally gave them “reconnaissance” assistance. The network even brought on a former U.S. attorney to
The culture of impunity was a main cause of the Capitol riot. Don’t let it continue for the riot’s perpetrators, or those who egged them on. The riotous attack on the Capitol last week was a terrible assault on our constitutional system of government. If it is not punished severely, it is likely that there
With seven days left in President Donald Trump’s term, the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives voted for a second time to impeach him–this time gaining some Republican support. The vote was 232-197, with 10 House Republicans joining all House Democrats. The House impeached Trump on a charge of “incitement to insurrection” based on his speech to
Columns of the Supreme Court building with the U.S. Capitol in the background. (Getty Images) In my homepage article on the constitutionality of holding an impeachment trial of a former president, I mention in passing that former judge Michael Luttig thinks that if one were to happen, the former president would bring a constitutional challenge
Donald Trump’s second impeachment could get rolling as soon as Monday, with House Democrats indicating they will introduce the relevant articles following the riots at the US Capitol. While this will happen only nine days before the inauguration of Joe Biden, legal experts and legislators alike believe there is still time – and a point
Shoppers make their way through Grand Coastal Mall on Black Friday, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic continues, in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, U.S., November 27, 2020. Micah Green | Reuters Procrastinating shoppers found they couldn’t avoid the mall during the holidays. A data analysis released this week by Placer.ai shows how shopper visits to
How crazy are the COVID restrictions making us? A Quebec woman tried a workaround for the strict curfew imposed by the province that, unfortunately, the police weren’t buying. The unidentified woman was caught walking with her husband at about 9 p.m. on Saturday night. She claimed that since she had a leash around her husband’s
“…and therefore I call for the immediate impeachment of Donald J. Trump.” That’s the conclusion one might assume McCarthy would reach if he believes the three propositions listed in the headline. But no. He’s open to Congress making an empty gesture of disapproval — namely, censure — but he’s against impeachment. If I were Pelosi,
Despite justifiable feelings of hopelessness on the part of millions stemming from the events of the past year, we need to continue to petition those in government with the authority to make a difference. An often-overlooked group is law enforcement. Unlike politicians, who are often moved by less noble motivations, these brave souls are overwhelmingly
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett attends her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill, October 12, 2020. (Alex Edelman/Pool via Reuters) The Supreme Court has decided that the Food & Drug Administration may reinstate its safety policy for chemical-abortion drugs. Since the drug was first approved in 2000, the FDA has
It’s become obvious over the past week that Republicans are uncontrollably desperate to rid themselves of Trump and disentangle their voters from his unflinching grip. They have been trying to do this for five years, but now they are willing to try anything and everything to accomplish their long-held goal. Unfortunately for them, they are
After announcing this week that she had tested positive for the coronavirus, Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal (Wash.) lashed out at her Republican colleagues, blaming them for contracting the virus. Questions were later raised about Jayapal’s criticisms after video surfaced showing her without a mask. However, Jayapal quickly explained why she briefly went without her face
SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk scorched Big Tech companies for being the collective “arbiter” of free speech in modern America. Musk commented on a satirical article regarding the mass-censorship of President Donald Trump after the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6 by tweeting: “A lot of people are going to be super unhappy with
American empire came home on January 6 and it wore a Viking hat and looked lost. Supporters of US President Donald Trump, including Jake Angeli (C), a QAnon supporter known for his painted face and horned hat, enter the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
The European Union and the People’s Republic of China reached a comprehensive agreement on investment Dec. 30, and it has already elicited a storm of disapproval from advocates of transatlantic cooperation in both the U.S. and Europe. For good reason. Instead of forging a common course of action on the China challenge, Brussels used it
Eric Swalwell poses with his Chinese spy lover Fang Fang House Speaker Nancy Pelosi chose Democrat Rep Eric Swalwell to be an impeachment manager in her latest attack on President Trump. Eric Swalwell was recently outed for having a sexual relationship with Chinese spy and honeypot Fang Fang. Fang Fang helped bundled money for Swalwell
( FooTToo/Getty Images) The state of Texas is a firm friend of religious liberty, as it has demonstrated over and over again on issues ranging from preserving Native-American religious practices to protecting the ability of Catholic schools to choose their religion teachers without government interference, to ensuring the ability to worship during the time of
America’s top military leaders have taken the unprecedented step of condemning last week’s violent US Capitol siege and reminding US troops their job is to serve and protect the constitution “against all enemies, foreign and domestic”. The joint statement comes amid investigations into former and current military service members and law enforcement officers who are
Shoppers are seen wearing masks while shopping at a Walmart store in Bradford, Pennsylvania, July 20, 2020. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Walmart Chief Customer Officer Janey Whiteside said Tuesday that many of its shoppers don’t expect the economy to quickly bounce back from the pandemic. Almost half of customers surveyed in November told Walmart that
While the first 12 days of 2021 have served as a continuation of 2020’s misery, Tuesday provided us with some extremely welcomed media news as CNN’s airport TV monopoly would come to an end on March 31, thus ending CNN’s years of cruel and unusual punishment against air travelers nationwide. In an email to CNN employees,
On Monday, Facebook announced that they will be banning the phrase “stop the steal” from their platform in advance of Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20. “We are now removing content containing the phrase ‘stop the steal’ under our Coordinating Harm policy from Facebook and Instagram,” said Facebook in a statement. “We removed the original
Brian Monahan, the attending physician to Congress, wrote to members of Congress on Sunday morning to warn of the possibility that they may have sheltered against the Capitol Hill riot with another member infected with the coronavirus. His warning has turned out to be the reality for three House members so far. The reason for
A demonstration to call attention to reparations and possible “armed protests” are expected to occur in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 20, the day of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, according to reports. A reparations movement march organized by a coalition of groups including Black PACT and Black Lives Matter Minnesota is awaiting a decision on their
1. NBC News: 9,000 children died in Irish mother-and-baby homes, report finds “We did this to ourselves, we treated women exceptionally badly,” Ireland’s Taoiseach, or prime minister, Micheál Martin, told reporters Tuesday after the report was published. “One hard truth in all of this, is that all of society was complicit in it,” he added.
A video went viral last week showing a Washington, D.C., police officer being crushed by a mob during last week’s siege of the Capitol building. According to the department, he is going to be all right — and has a special letter coming from a 10-year-old child during his ongoing recovery. What are the details?
Police photos showed what the family of an Indiana abortion doctor saw when they tried to clean up his garage and discovered the remains of 2,246 fetuses. The gruesome discovery was made by the family after the death of Ulrich George Klopfer on Sept. 3 of natural causes. The family immediately contacted local law enforcement