The 25th Amendment is not a substitute for impeachment. It is a necessary process to deal with a specific kind of dire situation, namely, when the president is by some medical emergency rendered unable to perform the duties of the presidency.
The Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff owe a debt of gratitude to one man who probably did more than anyone else to help the two Democrats be elected Tuesday to the U.S. Senate from Georgia. That man? Donald J. Trump.
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the government and medical personnel have scared the daylights out of so many people that they take comfort in complying with government commands to stay home, shut their businesses and socially distance.
Wednesday was a dark day in American history — a day not marked by an attack by outside enemies but an attack on our seat of government by our own citizens. What America is seeing is more characteristic of a Third World nation coup than the greatest country in the world.
Republicans fought among themselves instead of uniting behind our two U.S. Senate candidates in Georgia and the result was the disastrous loss of two runoff elections that will give Democrats majority control of the Senate.
The United States has stumbled out of the COVID-19 vaccination starting gate. Over three weeks after the Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for the first vaccine, we still have most of our supply sitting unused.
For many legal analysts, President Trump remains a type of criminal Midas figure: everything he says or does turns instantly into a crime. This pattern is continuing to the very end of the Trump administration.
Regardless of the outcome of two Senate runoff elections in Georgia, President-elect Joe Biden will face a closely divided Senate that could make it difficult for him to govern.
