No one seriously argues that American elections should run as smoothly as they do. By design, they are usually raucous affairs filled with spit and vinegar because there is so much at stake in what the outcome will be.
None of that is true among the people, especially the cultural and political elite of this country, that an impartial umpire should call balls and strikes during a game and distinguish between what is permissible and what is not. This did not prevent him from expressing his desire to do so.
It would be a mistake to think that the media can now take responsibility, even if it did so fairly and effectively in the past.a new research Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications explains why. (Related: Brooke Rollins: Let the voters decide)
Simply put, the structure of the media is so biased that we cannot expect impartiality from reporters. The Newhouse study, based on online interviews conducted with 1,600 U.S. journalists in early 2022, found that 36% identified themselves as Democrats, while only 3.4% said they were Republicans. was. If you think this confirms the imbalance in how newsrooms from New York to Los Angeles view the world, you'd be right.
As was the case in 2013, the last time data was collected, half of those surveyed in 2022 claimed to be independent. It's not a big difference. Usually, this is just a code word that, when deciphered, means liberal but not partisan. Given numbers like these, how can we expect Republican candidates and conservative policy prescriptions to get a fair shake?
This plays out in all sorts of ways, including the fight some liberals are waging to keep former President Donald Trump from the 2024 vote.
Advocates for the cause, including many influential Democratic lawyers and law professors, four of the seven justices on the Colorado Supreme Court, and a former American Civil Liberties Union official who is now Maine's secretary of state, I personally believe the following:According to Article 14 of the U.S. Constitution, President Trump engaged in the following acts:th The amendment, Insurrectionist, would prohibit him from ever holding high elected office again. (Related: J.D. Foster: Who is the real dictator here?)
That's a lot to take with a grain of salt, but it's easy enough to prove based on the images that the events in and around the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021, left in people's minds. I think so. But that's not the case, and many articles reporting on efforts to remove Trump from the ballot fail to mention that.
The words in a news article don't really matter. They are what they are and are open to interpretation. But in court, they can mean anything. This raises a central premise for discussion. It is also undisputed that Mr. Trump has not been convicted of any specifically defined sedition, nor has he been charged with sedition in any significant venue.
Partisans like Maine Secretary of State Shena Bellows, a former nonprofit executive who is not a lawyer, have decided to replace the law's requirements with their own judgment. Certainly, in the case of Trump and January 6th, it's a gray area with a lot of untested arguments. Her actions Thursday would deprive President Trump of his right to due process and potentially deprive Mainers of their right to vote for the candidate of their choice.
It is the actions of these elites — some might even call them tyranny — that are driving so many people into Trump's corner. They are tired of others making decisions for them and interfering with their lives, businesses, and raising children.
Although President Trump's actions and comments after the November 2020 election did not rise to the level of insurrection, there is a strong argument to support the view that we were lucky to hear them. Most of the American media, which is 96.6% non-Republican, and even some of the media that is Republican, have done everything in their power to keep it from being seriously discussed in prominent forums.
People who want to know who they are so they can decide for themselves will see the Republican Party launch a similar response, forcing Democrats running for governor and the U.S. Senate to declare themselves ineligible to appear on the ballot. You'll have to wait until you try. Arguments in favor of citizens having a choice.
Peter Roff, a former senior political writer at UPI and columnist for U.S. News and World Report, is a senior fellow at several public policy organizations, including the Transatlantic Leadership Network. Please contact us at RoffColumns AT gmail.com. Follow him on Twitter and his TruthSocial @TheRoffDraft.
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