Op-Eds Archive
Yesterday, U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon granted former President Donald Trump’s request for a special master to review the documents seized at the court-approved search of Mar-a-Lago last month. This, Amb. Norman Eisen (ret.) and Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer write today in Slate, “was in some ways not a surprise. … though, we […]
Congress has an opportunity to finally fix the flawed Presidential Election Day Act of 1845 and the Electoral Count Act of 1887. It can’t fail. Former President Donald Trump’s “plot to steal the 2020 presidential election was eye-opening. Congress must act now to ensure that any future attempt to steal the presidency does not succeed […]
The House Jan. 6th Committee hearings have told a “gripping story” of Trump’s attempted coup and exceeded expectations, Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer and former Amb. Norman Eisen write in an op-ed published today on CNN. The Committee’s task for its next hearing, currently scheduled for Thursday, July 21, Wertheimer and Eisen write, “is to […]
Wertheimer/Eisen Op-Ed On NBC Think: The Jan. 6 Hearings Spotlight A Trump Smoking Gun In Georgia “As the House Jan. 6 Committee continues to present its compelling case against former President Donald Trump, we believe that conclusive proof of his illegal effort to steal the presidential election is hiding in plain sight,” Democracy 21 President […]
Op-Ed: The Jan. 6 Committee Is Methodically Building The Case For A Criminal Conspiracy Former Amb. Norman Eisen, CREW’s Noah Bookbinder, And Democracy 21’s Fred Wertheimer Recap The Important Developments In Monday’s Hearing The Jan. 6th Committee hearing on Monday was a “deep dive” that “revealed Trump’s choice to disregard the truth and the law,” […]
Facing a crisis from the loss of public confidence, the Supreme Court must adopt a Code of Conduct and strengthen its internal procedures for applying conflict-of-interest standards for a Justice to recuse from cases pending before the Court, three government watchdogs wrote in letters sent today to Chief Justice John Roberts, and to Senate Judiciary […]
If Donald Trump is nominated again in 2024, “another attempt at a Trump presidential coup is far more likely to succeed – unless flawed laws, enacted in 1845 and 1887 and still on the books today, are repaired,” Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer warns in a new op-ed published today by Just Security. While most of […]
“Judge David Carter’s decision on Monday finding Trump ‘more likely than not’ committed crimes, sets out a road map for finally imposing consequences for the big lie,” former Ambassador Norman Eisen and Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer write in an op-ed published on CNN. The Judge’s decision, they write, “does so by tackling the thorniest […]
As the voting rights debate begins “the decision Senators make will determine whether our democracy and the right to vote will be preserved — or whether Trump’s Big Lie will continue to contaminate the country,” D21 President Fred Wertheimer writes on NBC Think. Debate on the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis voting rights legislation is […]
No one should fall for the Electoral Count Act “bait & switch,” D21 President Fred Wertheimer and Norman Eisen, President Obama’s ethics czar, write. With the Senate finally scheduling action to address the national epidemic of voter suppression and election hijacking laws, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and other Republicans have suddenly found an alternative they […]
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