How the Constitution’s 25th Amendment helped the nation move beyond Watergate
50 years ago this week, Richard Nixon resigned as presidentand maybe it didn’t happen. At least, when it did. 25th Amendment And then there was the vice presidential transition procedure, which allowed Nixon to appoint Republican Gerald Ford to the vice presidential post that had been vacant eight months earlier, ensuring that if Nixon resigned, […]
Jefferson warned us: Constitutions expire
“It may prove that no society is capable of making a permanent constitution, or even permanent laws.” Thomas Jefferson wrote: A September 1789 letter to James Madison: “The earth always belongs to the living generation. … All constitutions, all laws, naturally expire in nineteen years; if they are enforced beyond that, it is an act […]
The Constitution’s other disqualification clause could keep Trump on the ballot
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard Former President Donald J. Trump has challenged the state’s decision to exclude it from the 2024 presidential primary. In December, the Colorado Supreme Court declared Trump president, concluding that his actions surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol constituted insurrection. unsuitable to hold a public office […]
Lawsuit aims to keep Pennsylvania congressman off ballot over Constitution’s insurrection clause
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Liberal activists told a Pennsylvania court Tuesday that U.S. Rep. Scott Perry is ineligible because of President Donald Trump's continued office and efforts to block the election. They asked that it be kept from the state's primary ballot. Transfer of power to Democrat Joe Biden. The seven-page lawsuit asks a federal […]