JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Below is my column in the Hill on the frenzy of gerrymandering in various states and the selective condemnation of President Joe Biden of such practices in North Carolina. But the North Carolina decision could seriously undermine Democratic plans in other states to rig elections and gain seats in Congress.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Justice Edwin Reade of the North Carolina Supreme Court later explained , “[t]he idea [was] that one who had taken an oath to support the Constitution and violated it, ought to be excluded from taking it again.” He is a Texas lawyer who has previously argued before the Court. Conversely, in my view, Jan.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 27, 2023

Democratic lawyer Marc Elias also pushed this absurd claim. The Disqualification Clause has also been used by Democrats like Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) who demanded the disqualification of the 120 House Republicans. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 6, 2022

This week, Democratic lawyer Marc Elias predicted that 2022 would bring a renewed interest in qualifying Republican members from office based on an obscure Civil War-era provision. While more modest than the Iranian model, the Democratic calls for disqualification are just as dangerous.

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