My Comments: Jonathan Turley is a law professor at George Washington University, a Democrat, and frequent guest on Fox News. He’s also one of the most consistent defenders of the First Amendment at a time when the principle of free speech has few defenders and a man who’s writings on the subject deserve the attention of all who love liberty.
In this post, he argues against the extreme views of some Democrats who want to destroy democracy in order to save it.
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Below is my column in the Hill on the Maine decision and how it is illustrative of Justice Louis Brandeis’ warning of the danger of zealots. Shenna Bellows has long embraced extreme political and historical viewpoints, including denouncing the electoral college as a “relic of white supremacy.” Challengers knew that they “had her at hello”…
— Read on jonathanturley.org/2024/01/02/destroying-democracy-to-save-it-maine-shows-the-danger-of-zealots-in-our-legal-system/

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