Two religious organizations — one Jewish and one Muslim — are urging lawmakers to reject a bill that ostensibly aims to protect houses of worship but that would actually quell free speech rights. “The Right to Worship Act,” sponsored by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and cosponsored by Republicans and Democrats alike, seeks to “protect” religious buildings and people inside them by limiting the…
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Each week, MS NOW legal analyst Andrew Weissmann, co-host of our “Main Justice” podcast, answers legal questions from our audience in our MS NOW Membership exclusive series, “Answers with Andrew Weissmann.”
In the video above, Weissmann addresses a question from MS NOW Member Bec J., who asked: “If cabinet members are impeached and convicted, does that mean they cannot be pardoned?” Watch for Weissmann’s discussion of the challenges in impeachment proceedings and how removal from office differs from criminal charges.
Other questions from MS NOW Members that Weissmann addressed this week:
Why is it illegal to lie in commercials for products and services but legal to lie in campaign commercials and political speech? — Jo B.
If a pardon is given in return for a bribe, is the pardon still incontestable if the bribery is proven/prosecuted? — JMT
Are there any repercussions for the DOJ attorneys who lie in court or are unable to provide any evidence. It seems there are so many examples of this. How about the attorneys who supposedly provided notice to the court about the cutting down of the golf course trees at 4:55 p.m. on a Friday afternoon? — Amy P.
Can you compare and contrast your current MS NOW job with those you held while working in the government and serving in the Justice Department? — Scott in Seattle
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While President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance blame Republicans’ losses in the midterm elections on their war on Iran — with Trump flippantly saying that the war “drove the gasoline up a little bit short term” — Tuesday’s results also represent a rejection of the Trump administration’s deportation campaign. In Texas, where Trump won a Latino majority in the presidential election in…
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Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
* The National Republican Congressional Committee exists to help elect as many House GOP candidates as possible, and leading the NRCC is not an easy task. Not only does the chair have to oversee recruiting and training, but he or she also has to direct resources and monitor polling, all while doing the job of a full-time member of Congress.
In this year’s midterm elections, it was Republican Rep. Richard Hudson of North Carolina who took on the challenge, knowing that previous NRCC chairs who did well used the gig as a springboard to bigger and better things.
The trouble is, Hudson, while focusing on several dozen key races nationwide, ended up facing a tougher-than-expected challenge in his own conservative district.
On Thursday, The Associated Press called the race: In an outcome that proved surprisingly emblematic of the entire election cycle, the sitting chair of the NRCC narrowly lost his own re-election bid in a district that Donald Trump won by 16 points in 2024.
* On a related note, North Carolina’s 1st Congressional District proved to be the most expensive U.S. House race in American history, but the Republican spending was for naught: The incumbent Democrat, Rep. Don Davis, prevailed. This is the same district GOP officials in the state redrew specifically to defeat Davis in a failed gerrymandering scheme.
* The state of Indiana apparently has a new political party called the Lincoln Party. As NBC News reported, “The party’s first candidate, former two-term Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard, won more than 3% of the vote in the Indiana secretary of state’s race Tuesday, according
The midterms saw a landslide of Latinos vote for Democrats. In Texas, California, Kansas and Colorado, Latinos who had voted for Republicans just two years ago voted for Democrats in large numbers, helping secure Democratic control of both the House and the Senate. Latino lawmakers will make up about a fifth of the Democratic majority in the House. And in an historic victory, the two most populous…
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