Newsweek The Election Will Not Be Stolen—Here’s the Evidence Thomas Moukawsher Published Oct 25, 2024 at 5:27 AM EDT   Until people started lying about stolen elections in this country, most Americans hadn’t worried about election fraud. They shouldn’t be worrying now. Contemporary American elections have been overwhelmingly honest. For instance, the Trump-supporting think tank The Heritage…

 Newsweek Here’s How to Choose Between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris  Thomas Moukawsher Published Oct 17, 2024 at 5:38 AM EDT   Who’s the extremist in the race for president? Kamala Harris’s most recent speech praised the late Republican Sen. John McCain, former Republican Sen. Jeff Flake, and promised to have a Republican in her cabinet. Former President Donald Trump‘s most recent comments called…

Newsweek You’re Not Donald Trump—Break Election Law and Go to Prison Thomas Moukawsher Published Oct 10, 2024 at 5:27 AM EDT So, let’s say you believe making Donald Trump president is the only way to save America. You’re armed with your beliefs or you’re empowered as a public official—or maybe you’re just plain armed. Why should you fear…

Newsweek No, American Justice Isn’t Partisan, but It Sure Isn’t Working, Either Thomas Moukawsher Published Oct 02, 2024 at 5:27 AM ED   For more than a year, House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH), and others have vilified nonpartisan professionals at the Justice Department, including prosecutors and the FBI, as tools of a conspiracy by partisan Democrats to prosecute Republicans—especially…

Newsweek Can Springfield, Ohio, Immigrants Sue Donald Trump for Defamation? Thomas Moukawsher Published Sep 17, 2024 at 12:55 PM EDT   Americans used to take for granted that one person’s rights leave off when they start trampling on the rights of others. We should remember this now when it comes to what might be labelled free…

Newsweek Swing-State Shenanigans, Georgia Edition Thomas Moukawsher Published Sep 05, 2024 at 5:27 AM EDT   “Oh Georgia, no peace I find” sang Ray Charles in Georgia on My Mind. Today, that should go double for the rest of us. And that’s because the fate of the 2024 presidential election may rest with Georgia and a newly filed…

Newsweek Justice Neil Gorsuch’s Fight With Bureaucracy Should Begin Closer to Home  Thomas Moukawsher Published Aug 28, 2024 at 11:28 AM EDT Everyone complains about bureaucracy, but, as with the old joke about bad weather, no one ever seems to do anything about it. In his new book Over Ruled, Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, and his co-writer Janie…

Newsweek Democrats Need to Unite in the Center  Thomas Moukawsher Published Aug 20, 2024 at 3:25 PM EDT Above the convention center where the Democratic National Convention meets this week is a serendipitous sign: “United Center.” Yes, it’s literally the name of the convention center’s corporate sponsoring airline. But, if Democrats heed it, stay united, and move their…

Newsweek Supreme Court: The Death of Justice Has Been Greatly Exaggerated  Thomas Moukawsher Published Aug 19, 2024 at 8:49 AM EDT   We live in an age of exaggeration. It’s dominated by two fallacies of informal logic. First, there’s the fallacy called “hasty generalization.” A politician takes a bribe—or two politicians take bribes— and we conclude that all politicians…

Newsweek Today’s Supreme Court Is Anything But Conservative Thomas Moukawsher Published Aug 05, 2024 at 12:03 PM EDT   Little noticed amid the sturm und drang of recent weeks, is the 2024 Republican Party Platform. Most platforms are a buffet of bluster anyway, but this year we should worry that Republicans mean what they say, or, with respect to the courts, what…