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“A Sad Day”: How the Colorado Disqualification Case is Bringing Back Some Bad Memories for the Supreme Court

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in The Messenger on the challenge facing the Supreme Court in the coming week over the electoral disqualification of former president Donald Trump in Colorado and Maine. The appeal in Maine has been filed and can now work its way up to the Court. Colorado is expected to file with the Court this week.

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America’s Micro State: Why Congress Should Consider Retrocession Rather Than Statehood

JonathanTurley

They would instantly become part of a larger state with greater resources and greater success in areas ranging from education to courts to infrastructure. can legitimately point to a population roughly equal to Vermont’s and greater than Wyoming’s. While Vermont and Wyoming have smaller populations, D.C. Indeed, D.C.