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The United States prides itself as the world’s longest standing democracy, with more than 200 years of having elections choose our leaders and power peacefully transferred from president to president, regardless of party. This source of national pride, however, should not be taken for granted. Our very system of government, starting with letting the people…

A key item in Attorney General Merrick Garland’s inbox is gathering dust: Volume 2 of the report by Special Counsel Robert Mueller , whose team investigated possible obstruction of justice by Donald Trump as president. Mueller originally submitted the report in March 2019 to Trump’s Attorney General William Barr, who chose to do nothing (or worse than…

It has now become clear that the efforts of Donald Trump and his supporters to overturn the 2020 elections were a multi-front attack. The newest revelations have further detailed the scheme devised by conservative lawyer John Eastman to convince Vice President Pence to overturn the election results on January 6, 2021, the day the House and Senate…

This past Friday, September 24, the result of the so-called “audit” of the election results in Maricopa County by the Republican Majority in the Arizona Senate was finally announced. Though clearly initiated in bad faith and funded with the purpose of finding support for The Big Lie that the election was “stolen” from former President…

Richard Gephardt is a former congressman from Missouri and House majority leader. Gary Hart is a former senator from Colorado. Joel McCleary and Mark Medish served at the White House under Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, respectively. All four are members of Keep Our Republic, a civic education organization. The upheaval of the past…

A month before last November's election, we wrote a column imploring state bars overseeing the licensing of lawyers to make clear to all attorneys involved in the election process not to file frivolous claims intended to undermine the integrity of election results. We were quite certain that would be what lawyers acting on behalf of former President Donald…

On this, the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on America, much will be written and said about the nation’s lack of preparedness for such attacks and the failure of foresight on behalf of our national leadership.  “Why weren’t we warned,” will still be the perennial question. The answer is: We were warned. The…

As the dust settles from Tuesday’s primary, all Pennsylvanians, regardless of party, should celebrate the turnout being much higher than in past “off year” elections. This was due in large part to the roughly 710,000 Pennsylvanians who requested and ultimately voted by mail. The historic turnout in the 2020 election changed the electoral dynamic throughout…